Collapsed Building Kills One, Maybe Others

In a suburb of Richmond, Virginia, a retail/residential building under construction collapsed on Wednesday afternoon. The number of people who were trapped underneath was unclear, but rescue workers found the body of construction worker Scott Giordano six hours after the building fell. Emergency crews continued to look throughout the evening for more trapped victims and brought in sound sensitive equipment to sense any movements or sounds in the huge pile of wreckage. They even asked people at the scene to be quiet in case any noises needed to be heard. No one knows the cause for the collapse or who exactly was in the building, other than a few construction crews. Rescuers are doing everything they can to find out exactly what happened. I think this is a very newsworthy story and the coverage is unbiased and the article was very informative. But the information is what is suspicious. I thought it was a little strange that they had no idea at all why this happened or how many people could be injured or killed. The building fell at noon and the first victim was not found until six hours later. You would think the emergency crews would be in a hurry to help injured people, especially if they were unsure of how many people could be hurt. I also think instead of just listening for cries for help the rescue team should try to move some of the building to actually look for anyone underneath. Some of this might have been going on, but this particular article didn't say. There were unspecific quotes from a fire chief at the scene saying that the rescuers were looking for people. Overall this was a good news article, but not exactly one of my favorites.

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