Woman rescued from collapsed US building
The woman was able to communicate by phone with her mother during the ordeal. (AAP)
US rescue workers have pulled a woman, injured but alive, from the rubble of building that had collapsed nearly three hours earlier in a South Dakota city.
Crews continued searching for a second person believed to be trapped under the debris of the brick building in downtown Sioux Falls.
The woman, 22, was rushed to the hospital.
"She's alive and well. Does have some injuries to her legs. We don't know the extent of that at this time," said Sioux Falls emergency manager Regan Smith.
The other person trapped is a construction worker, said Sioux Falls Fire Rescue Chief Jim Sideras.
Rescue workers also pulled a dog, alive, from the rubble.
Mr Sideras said the woman who was rescued had been able to communicate by phone with her mother during the ordeal.
He said she couldn't see daylight so rescue crews knew she was buried deeply in debris.
The building had stood vacant since September and was expected to reopen in the northern spring as a drug store.
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