On this episode of River to River, host Ben Kieffer discusses the response and aftermath of the partial collapse of a six-story apartment building in Davenport that resulted in three fatalities.
Gretchen Teske of the Quad-City Times gives an update on the number of lawsuits that have been filed against the building's owner and the city, and the search for answers at this week's city council meeting.
Kieffer receives accounts from members of the state's urban search and rescue team who responded to the collapse, as well as a structural engineer from Iowa State University that surveyed the site.
Guests:
- Gretchen Teske, business reporter, Quad-City Times
- Rick Halleran, Cedar Rapids division commander, Iowa Task Force 1, battalion chief, Cedar Rapids Fire Department
- Corey Archer, assistant task force leader, Iowa Task Force 1
- Hartanto Wibowo, assistant teaching professor, department of civil, construction and environmental engineering, Iowa State University
