A woman was rescued from a partially collapsed building in Davenport, Iowa, Monday as the city was planning to demolish it.
The woman, 52-year-old Lisa Brooks, poked her head out of a fourth-floor window Monday about 24 hours after part of the building crumbled. A family member said she hid under the couch when the building gave way, and a reported natural gas leak may have caused her to pass out.
"There's still people out here and their loved ones are out here missing," said Brooks' nephew, Antoine Rabbit Smith. Davenport city officials said Monday in a news release that the property owner was served with an order for the building's demolition. But then on Tuesday morning, Davenport Chief Strategy Officer for Administration Sarah Ott issued a statement saying demolition"is a multi-phase process that includes permitting and staging of equipment that will begin today. The timing of the physical demolition of the property is still be evaluated.
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