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The need for memory care specialists in the state is projected to increase by 26% by the end of the decade. June is Alzheimer's Awareness Month, and the North Carolina Chapter is using the opportunity to call attention to a growing need for doctors who and treat and care for people with memory loss.
A 911 call was placed the day before the building collapsed Sunday.
Despite numerous complaints from residents and even serious warning from local contractors about serious structural problems, the building passed numerous city inspections in the months prior to the deadly collapse.
The co-owner of R.A. Masonry said he witnessed bricks falling and glass windows shattering at 324 Main St. and worried about crews doing work on the building.
The Quad-City Times/Dispatch-Argus filed Freedom of Information requests for the 911 recording after learning about the warning earlier in the week. The audio recording was supplied Friday.