It does not look good for the 200 residents who were evacuated from the Lindley Courts Apartments this past Saturday. After a meeting on Tuesday, residents are stilled kept in a loop not knowing if they will ever be allowed to move back in. Today, Stephanie and I decided to come up to the apartments to investigate the area and to observe if any residents were coming in and out of the building. Two security guards were walking up and down the street making sure in keeping out intruders. We decided to ask one of the security guards if he could inform us on the situation at this moment. He replied negatively and asked about our intentions for being there. We explained to him of our news story and he made sure that we understood that we could not past the yellow caution tape.
As we waited for residents to arrive so that we can interviewed them. There was one family that came but was cautious about our presence as we were holding a digital and video camera. Stephanie and I overheard the conversation between the family and the security guard about taking out some items from their apartments. It was strange to hear only one person is allowed for five minutes and accompanied by security to gather some items. This restriction was surprising to the family and complained that they needed more than five minutes to gather their things. We spoke with the mother who did not want to be interviewed or filmed but suggest that we might be able to speak to her daughter. Unfortunately, we were unable to get an interview with the daughter as she was being rushed by her family to get in the car.
Our time was rushed by one of the security guards as he was getting aggravated by our presence. To avoid getting him angry we decided to come back tomorrow to see if any other residents coming back to get any necessary items.By Group 10
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