Iowa officials admit up to five residents are still missing following building collapse

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May 30, 2023 View online 1/ Iowa officials admit up to five residents are still missing following building collapse Officials in Iowa have finally admitted that up to five residents are still missing following the collapse of a six-story apartment building – after previously claiming there were no credible reports of missing people and making plans to demolish the block while people could still be trapped inside.   Davenport Mayor Mike Matson said at a press conference on Tuesday that five people are unaccounted for, including two who are believed to still be in the partially collapsed building.   The identities of the missing have not been released but the revelation comes after desperate neighbours, locals and loved ones have been trying to raise the alarm about two men thought to be in the building at the time of the collapse.   A ninth person was rescued from the rubble on Monday afternoon – after officials had already said the rescue mission had moved to a "recovery operation"   2/ Elizabeth Holmes surrenders to federal prison in Texas to begin 11-year sentence  Disgraced tech entrepreneur reported to prison in Texas minutes before a court-imposed deadline on Tuesday 3/ One-year-old among nine wounded in Memorial Day mass shooting at Florida beach Authorities are looking for three suspects believed to be conencted to a shooting that occurred a beach boardwalk 4/ Former first lady Rosalynn Carter has dementia, her family announces Ms Carter, 95, is living 'happily at home' with 98-year-old husband Jimmy Carter 5/ Father charged with murder after body of baby found in woods near Yankee Stadium Genevieve Comager's father Damion Comager, 23, was arrested and charged with murder and concealment of a corpse THE BIG QUESTION What do we know about the Davenport apartment building collapse? Rescue efforts have been called off a day after a residential building collapsed in Davenport, Iowa. A rear section of the six-storey apartment complex on 324 Main Street collapsed at around 5pm on Sunday.   Eight people have been rescued from the wreckage and no deaths have been reported, according to Davenport fire chief Michael Carlsten. However, Pauletta Joeanna told The Independent on Monday evening that her great-grandmother Lisa Brooks is still missing after she became trapped in the wreckage while she tried to escape the collapse. Ms Brooks, who lived in apartment 403, was on the phone with another relative when she suddenly hung up. Here is everything we know as the search transitions into its recovery stage, with demolition planned for Tuesday morning, according to city leaders. 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