Missing man's body recovered at Iowa apartment collapse site; two others still missing

[dalton99a]

https://apnews.com/article/body-found-davenport-building-collapse-a0cba73c23cfc44b7547d185c88eb17f

Missing man’s body recovered at Iowa apartment collapse site; two others still missing
By The Associated Press

DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) — The body of one of three men who had been missing after the partial collapse of an apartment building in Davenport, Iowa, has been found, a city official confirmed Sunday.

Branden Colvin Sr.’s body was recovered Saturday, city spokeswoman Sarah Ott said. Two other men — 51-year-old Ryan Hitchcock and 60-year-old Daniel Prien — are still unaccounted for. Colvin, 42, is the first person confirmed to have died in the collapse.

No other details were immediately released. Prien’s daughter, Nancy Prien Frezza, told The Associated Press that she has not received any updates on the search for her father.

The Quad-City Times reported that Colvin’s son, Branden Colvin Jr., graduated from high school Saturday. He and other family members had been at the collapse site almost constantly, hoping for a miracle.

The discovery of Colvin’s body came a day after authorities announced that the search for survivors had been completed, with attention turning to shoring up the structure so recovery efforts could begin.



Three search and rescue workers and a dog approach the site of a building collapse in Davenport, Iowa, during a search, Thursday, June 1, 2023. (Grace Kinnicutt/Quad City Times via AP)


Children draw on the ground with chalk at the scene where an apartment building partially collapsed on Sunday afternoon, Tuesday, May 30, 2023, in Davenport, Iowa. A structural engineer report issued just days before the building partially collapsed indicated a wall of the century-old structure was in imminent risk of crumbling. But neither the owner nor city officials warned residents of the danger days before the building partially collapsed. (AP Photo/Erin Hooley)

[LonePirate]

1. This will sound cold but there was no "miracle" happening after a week.

The human body can go roughly three days without water. It's been a week since the building collapsed. Anybody still alive after the initial collapse likely died by Wednesday if not sooner.

[Solly Mack]

2. K&R

[malaise]

3. A horrible death

and so hard for his family. Let's hope he was sound asleep when the building collapsed.