Two Rescued in Iowa Garage Collapse

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa -- Cedar Rapids fire officials said a garage collapsed on two workers, seriously injuring one of the men. Fire department spokesman Greg Buelow said emergency workers on Saturday used air bags to raise the roof and remove a 60-year-old man whose lower extremities were pinned beneath the garage for about 20 minutes. The victim was taken to St. Luke's Hospital with potentially serious injuries.

Nov. 15, 2009

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa --

Cedar Rapids fire officials said a garage collapsed on two workers, seriously injuring one of the men.

Fire department spokesman Greg Buelow said emergency workers on Saturday used air bags to raise the roof and remove a 60-year-old man whose lower extremities were pinned beneath the garage for about 20 minutes. The victim was taken to St. Luke's Hospital with potentially serious injuries.

Workers also cut a hole in the roof to extricate Sam Cooper, 24, of California, who was uninjured and refused medical treatment.

Buelow said the men were part of a nine-member AmeriCorps team that was helping to tear down the structure damaged by last summer's flood. He said they were knocking out the garage siding just before 9 a.m. when the structure collapsed.