12:03:25 pm 05/30/2023
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9th victim rescued from partially collapsed building as people protest demolition.
The six-story building partially collapsed on Sunday afternoon in Davenport, a city in Iowa's Scott County located along the Mississippi River. The building housed a total of 84 apartments between residential and commercial, according to Davenport Mayor Mike Matson and Davenport Fire Chief Michael Carlsten. The cause of the collapse is unknown.
On Monday, officials said no deaths had been confirmed and there was no credible information that anyone was missing.
Then on Monday night another victim was extracted. A large crowd of people were gathered at the site, calling for "accountability" and pleading with officials to postpone demolition -- which was set for Tuesday -- because they believed more survivors could be inside.
Members of the community organized a demonstration at the scene to protest the planned demolition.
Johnnie Woods said that her nephew, Branden Colvin, is a resident of the building and remains unaccounted for. She expressed her frustration that officials want to carry on with the demolition as scheduled.
"It's like burying them in the rubble," Woods said. "This is ridiculous."
"We feel like they don't care," she added. "Our relatives, loved ones don't count."
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