A miraculous rescue was caught on camera after a woman was trapped inside a partially collapsed building for 24 hours in Davenport, Iowa. City officials said crews had combed the site and they found no survivors at the time. Now, the city believes two more people may still be trapped. NBC News’ Maggie Vespa has the latest.
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the lady should sue the city for this
never seen that mayor before but based on his interviews before this and the clip they just showed, it seems like he really doesn’t care. he said on the news that it would be going from a rescue search to recovery search meanwhile her family was also on the news telling them that this lady was still missing. he also said no one else was missing but theres still a few after this woman. the lack of empathy is what’s really apparent here. glad she was safe and is alive and well!!!
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They’d better do a room by room search of the building.
It’s not safe. Are you vaccinated or something?
Why are they in such a rush to demolish, Their families will take the risk if responders will not.
Praying
They clearly did not check for survivors if she was still there. Did they not idk knock on the door????
Lol
she was hiding,
Hold on, so cities just let buildings stay erect until they fall? Over 100yrs should’ve automatically been torn down. This is unbelievable
Good she was found alive
this is sus 🤔
What’s weird is how this story isn’t getting nearly the play that Surfside did. Was it because people in Surfside were all rich? Or was it because it was in Florida, and people cared more about that, then “some town in pastureland”.
You been to Iowa? I love it here because no one notices it lol
High death count usually gives more airtime, sadly. Almost 100 people died at Surfside. It was a magnified event in comparison. Definitely not discounting that equal tragedies may be covered differently depending on who was involved.
The town needs to keep looking it is way too soon unless they want law suits
YOU NEED TO TAKE IT SLOW AND MAKE 100% CERTAIN ALL PEOPLE ARE FOUND
So Happy to hear that She’s alive ☺️. I hope they find the two missing Men.
when it happens in mexico they find everyone they don’t go straight to deomlition, sounds like they are hiding something
Holy crap dont blow it there might be more people
Are things about to get mostly peaceful?
The couldn’t find them ….suuuureeeee
I lived in Davenport for 10 years. Moved out a little over three years ago. I’m surprised this doesn’t happen more often. They got sinkhole problems as well.
The government hauled the Remains of the twin towers away very quickly to cover up evidence of inside job
it’s Republican run Iowa! its government officials can’t prevent building collapse or to rescue people properly
Man that’s horrible. The owner should face criminal charges. Unbelievable this is happening in America in 2023. Inexcusable.
Wow, 3rd world conditions in Iowa. The real culprit is the city and state for allowing these unsafe conditions.
No Lawyers and Courts that allow it
Did anyone ever think this con snuck in so she could get a lawsuit out of it?
Liars!!! They never checked that building!
How does this happen… were people not notified ahead of time? Have they stayed in the building despite an eviction order due to demolition? Bizarre
The building has had problems in the past. This smells fishy. It seems like they are trying to cover something up. Dead people tell no tales ?
The initial collapse wasn’t from demolition. The demolition order was rushed through quickly after a portion of the building collapsed.
K-9 Dogs are total BS. This proves it.
Hang on! If the woman was still there until the demolition, does that mean the building wasn’t sealed and evacuated well in advance of the demolition?
The officials don’t care.
She was on the fourth floor, she hid after the bldg. starting to collaspe as if that was going to help her.
@Michael Scheel well I don’t think a mentally unstable woman is thinking about being seen by rescuers. Especially if, say from the vantage point of that woman, she probably thought it was an attack and not a collapse. We may never know…
@Michael Scheel Well, clearly it did! She’s still alive and was found!
Demolition being done so quickly just seems like a cover up.
What is the hurry?
A cover up. Exactly.
So the Uvalde PD is heading up the search and rescue up there now?
Disgusting officials need removing.
Wow , let me guess ,the owner wants to build luxury apartments/ Condos?
If the lady was in the metal bathtub and thermal won’t penetrate it would leach her body heat off quickly. So no heat to see. Take care in there firefighters but remember you do what you do so that others may live. It is not our job to come home untouched. Its a better duty.
Glad I left Iowa. The way they treat people and children by exploiting them is sickening.
My husband and I are saving up to move out of this state. We don’t want to be in Iowa when we decide to raise a family!
So…did anyone think to search the intact section of the building?
Why is it the government’s fault and not her family members or people checking?
The government is rushing a demolition order. The families of the missing people have spoken out. There’s not much more they can do. The people who conducted the search were part of the local government, or at least employed by them.
the truth is not guaranteed
It seems the city wants to cover up the fact that this building had just passed an inspection a few days before the collapse. Some time between Monday and Tuesday the city inspection report was altered on their website from a pass to a fail. I believe the intent was to demolish it before an investigation into the cause of failure could be conducted.
That is the only legitimate reason to demolish that building before recovering or rescuing the people who are still inside. Tell me your city and state are corrupt without saying they are corrupt. Iowa resident here.
I’ve been in the QC area for roughly 20 years. The level of incompetence and disregard for victims so far seems to be on par with their handling of other situations. Their compassion and concerns are proportional to revenue.
Oh wow, did not know that! Awful and disgusting! I would say unbelievable, but it’s not.
Horrible rescuers for not checking thoroughly by using megaphone from police’ vehicles, especially police alone since there was no way in there. Then if they come to their window and acknowledge they are, then have fire department use their latter to get them out. People don’t know the chaos is over with to come out that same day hours later. They only will know when they are told so by using megaphone so they can hear you confirming so by asking if there are anyone there and informing it’s safe to get help now. So simple. I know exactly why they were not rescued until 24 hours later: rescuers instantly assumed and left it at that. They were careless and never thought of the possibilities. Never thinks before actions after the aftermath. That’s the reason why.
someone dropped ball question is did they really check building …to think they almost brought the building down with that poor women still inside smh
Bruh. Demo the next day?! That’s crazy if there are 3 people unaccounted for. That’s insanity. Rip to anyone who lost or loses their life in that tragic building
Something fishy about this story.
Imagine paying 2k a month to live in that death trap
That landlord is parasite scum of a society
Was not under repair
This is what happens when the politicians that are supposed to work for all the people only work for the top 1%. In Texas the people freeze to death to protect the petroleum billionaires. In Florida the people drown to protect the insurance billionaires. I pity anyone that exists in a red state, because they are expendable to the people they elect.
Governments just dont care
American Grenfell
How did those thermal cameras not pick her up ?
They did not use it. All lies to shut people up.
Why was she not found. “Hum let me guess” “TRAPPED WHILE BLACK.”
So glad they got her out to safety.
Rosa Parks in 2023
Wrong ! lol
Gotta wonder why they’re in such a rush to demo the building now. Could it be the city is ashamed of the fact that they didn’t do enough in advance of the collapse to prevent this loss of life catastrophe?
True. At this point, they’d rather have missing people, never to be found, than bodies of the victims. I know Iowa restaurant inspections have been neglected in the past few years. I wonder if building inspections have as well.
I am facepalming at the comments that seem shocked that the government and the builders dont seem to care about the poor people. This behavior towards the poor is not brand-new
Them Demolision Crews 9/11 Style were really hoppy.
They’re with Elvis and Hendricks, get over yourselves people
im surprised they didnt just blow the thing up so they could hurry up and get the trains moving again…
Ahhh what kind of country is this? You have killed so many people. Why?
Break the exterior windows, enlist people with small FPV drones. There’s people out there with amazing flying skills that can search where humans can’t. Beanbag rounds or 40mm blunt impact projectile to break windows. Desperate times call for creative methods to protect human life. I’m sure there are other innovative options.
Yes! This!
She was hiding in her bathtub, thermals wouldn’t pick that up
They literally spend weeks looking for people who were in the Florida building collapse but they are rushing this? That’s not right. That’s not ok. More needs to be done to see if there are survivors and to find the deceased.
They don’t care about black folks
What ever you can never find any one else when it’s black people missing.
Still they should keep looking for them no matter what
I knew it I found “it was because she was Black” comment 🤦
LAWSUITS!
Praying
Thank God that noone gave up. God bless her and her family. 🙏
By the staining on the roof near where the collapse took place it looks like there was serious roof puddleing and therefore leakage and decay that contributed to the collaspse. That is certainly something obvious that should have been addressed before it was too late.
Thank you 🙏🏽
Thermal imaging is a real thing dont they have it.
Sad thing is that complex was probably way overpriced yet still allowed to function. Apartment management is just as dirty.
The government are literal terrorists
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The crazy thing about it is people think trump and people like him is going to fix this type of stuff
Lock up the owner. The buolding should have been condemned.
No building above 3 floors, thatbis 100+ years old should be allow to be used, unless the city is throughly having the bulkding inspected at least once every 5 years.
This could have been another incident like in Miami, where a more ecpwnsive poorly maintained piece of property fell to the ground killing people.
Buildings in the US should not just be collapsing like this, and it was burned in a fire or hit by a tornado.
As far as looking for people? I mean it “sounds” like they did a through search. But without sending someone in because the building is undafe is expected.
If a building is falling, to risk sending people in, would not be fair or right.
Remember WTC?! Though under notmal conditions those buildings wouldnt have fallen. When you use explosives to bring down a building, then you get something else.
The city doesnt care about property filled mostly with minorities. They domt care of we die sadly.
Again, look whar happened in Florida. The building had waranings for years. They should have ordered to have everyone moved out and temporarily placed until all repairs were done and inspected the buolding cor safety. They didnt and this is what happens.
Collapse yet coming to pass 😭
If the city is trying to demolish this troubled building that fast, WHAT ARE THEY HIDING……?
SOUNDS LIKE MICHIGAN WATER PIPE SITUATION OR SOMETHING JUST AS SINISTER. DOES A GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL OWN THAT PLACE…..?
Unbelievable!
I hope and pray that everyone unaccounted for is found alive! Shame on everyone involved in not keeping this building up to safety codes. I hope you are all prosecuted and charged accordingly. 😢
I have lived in south Florida my whole life and to see a similar experience to what happen in Surfside is scary as heck! It’s like getting flash backs to that day of what happened. And on June 24 it’ll be a year since that tragedy happened. Furthermore at least with Surfside they made sure to clear as much of the rubble as possible while trying to ensure the safety of first responders. My heart goes out to the missing family members but a thorough search needs to take place before any demolition.
These news make us doubt the EUA is a civilized country.
Heartbreaking .. prayers that they find more survivers
This is happening alot lately.
You are a disgrace to the name “Son Of Matt” sir! Your people need to keep searching for the people unaccounted for!
If they had thermal imaging of the entire building then they lied about nobody being there. That’s murder. Those missing people are most likely dead.
and the city apparently gave the building owner a $300 fine for failing to keep the building safe $ sanitary 🤡 on may 30th. like, Huh??? (according to WQAD8) like bro, the guy owns BLOCKS of real estate. is that really the best they could do??? I hope thats just the first of many fines….
Seem to be the simple verification would be to check her apartment at a minimum.
Please give updates!!!
If demo went forward we’d never know she died of negligence. I’m surprised Ryan’s family has already written him off
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I don’t normally comment on these types of things, but this is just terrible.
There was practically nonstop news coverage when Miami’s Surfside building collapsed. That news coverage helped pave the way for unique volunteers. Volunteers with specialized search/rescue skills. These volunteers along with first responders searched for 14 days before it became a recovery effort. The volunteers/first responders were able to rescue four victims from that collapse. (Sadly one of the four rescued victims succumbed to their injuries at the hospital.)
Davenport’s collapse coverage on the other hand, seems not as intense. That lack of media visibility makes people disinterested. That aloofness clearly carried over into the search/rescue. They did a poor job of ensuring that all residents were evacuated from the still standing structure portion. I am sure some will say… “anyone in the non collapsed portion should have evacuated day one.” You would not be wrong, but most likely this victim went into shock. With shock comes confusion, disorientation and possible unconsciousness. I know that seems harsh to say the first responders did a poor job! But to not be thorough in an active search/rescue, is in itself a “bad job.” As for stopping or slowing the search/rescue on the collapsed side it is understandable. An engineer performed a structural analysis. That assessment most likely deemed that the risk was too high for further rescue attempts. The still standing structure on the other hand with machinery and technology could have been made temporarily safe and searched better.
If I don’t want to be found I have places
Does anyone else think that this building might have fallen deliberately? Rent control is a real reason for people to want to demolish it.
No. There were signs the building was unstable for months. Residents have been filing complaints about its instability for months. People literally took videos showing the walls of the building slowly coming undone so badly you could literally see the interior. This was only a matter of time.
@SadRock That is so much worst. So there is evidence of negligence.
Ummm yeah criminal charges for the owner are called for. And how about criminal charges for whoever was getting the complaints and didn’t hold the owner accountable before this happened? Seriously if complaints are not followed up on and the powers that be don’t do anything about them then they’re just as culpable.
Where is Branden Colvin
Where is Ryan Hitchcock
Where is Daniel Prien
#findthemfirst
It was absurd how quickly they called off that search!!! #Shame
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