A woman was freed from the rubble of her Iowa apartment building after rescuers amputated her leg. The cause of the partial collapse, which happened Sunday, is still unknown.
Video captures the dramatic rescue of a woman from a partially collapsed apartment building in Iowa Credit: Quad City Fire Wire / LOCAL NEWS X /TMXon Sunday afternoon was freed – but only after rescuers determined one of her legs would need to be amputated to pull her from the rubble.
It took hours to find Peach Berry, and Lexus Berry gave consent for her leg to be amputated in order to pull her free. There were 53 tenants in the Davenport building, police say. Five residents remain unaccounted for, according to officials, and two of them are possibly still stuck under the wreckage of the structure. While a crew searched parts of the building again after 52-year-old Lisa Brooks was saved on Monday, no additional human activity was detected.Police officers stand at the scene where an apartment building partially collapsed two days earlier, Tuesday, May 30, 2023, in Davenport, Iowa.
In an update on Facebook, the city said Wednesday that an engineering firm was on site, utilizing a forensic LIDAR drone to assess damage to the building and its stability.
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