A recent MU graduate says she has actually lost all of her possessions after her apartment or condo building in Davenport, Iowa, partly collapsed over the weekend.
Elizabeth Pruitt, who finished from the Missouri School of Journalism 3 weeks earlier, moved into the apartment or condo building at 324 Main Street simply one day prior to it partly collapsed Sunday afternoon.
“This was my first apartment after graduating from the University of Missouri. I moved in on Saturday, the day before it happened,” Pruitt said.
Three individuals stay unaccounted for after the back part of the six-story building collapsed, according to CNN.
The particles from the collapse is presently assisting to hold the building up, CNN reported, however the stability of the building continues to deteriorate.
One huge thing was missing out on however, Pruitt’s cat, Lulu.
A colleague called Pruitt and informed her that 2 cats were being eliminated from the debris Tuesday. Just after she left the phone, she received a text from the Scott County Humane Society.
“It was a longer message, however all I check out was, ‘We have Lulu,’ and I simply began weeping,” Pruitt said.
Pruitt said she still had some doubts about whether it was her cat. But the minute she saw the cat, she said she understood it was Lulu, and a substantial weight was taken off her shoulders.
“I understood it was her as quickly as I saw her,” Pruitt said. “She was frightened, as she must be, however I chose her up and held her on my shoulder.”
She informed the Quad-City Times she was continuing to process what occurred, however primarily she is worried for the safety of others.
“I still believe it’s good that they’re going to tear it down, due to the fact that it is structurally hazardous, clearly, however there are individuals therein,” Pruitt informed the Quad-City Times. “My things is simply things. There are memories with it, however the majority of that I can return.”
Pruitt said she’s received a lots of assistance, from Davenport regional and from individuals back in Columbia.
“There’s been a lots of individuals connecting to me from the [Columbia] Missourian and Mizzou, simply seeing if there’s anything they can do to help,” Pruitt said.
Pruitt began a GoFundMe to help change the products and keepsakes she lost, along with discover a brand-new location to call home as she starts her photo-journalism internship for the Quad-City Times/Dispatch-Argus.
The fund exceeded its $5,000 objective since Wednesday night. Pruitt said the assistance has actually been frustrating.
“I’m getting method more assistance than I ever believed I would, and it’s a little insane to me,” Pruitt said. “In my social life I’ve never ever been the most popular individual ever, and today I’m the most popular individual in my neighborhood.”
