At the time of the crash, Belt was the disaster preparedness superintendent at the 185th. The Red Cross provided shuttles and drivers to go after supplies, morgue workers and transportation for victims and their families to and from the hospitals and colleges. The Red Cross was also involved to a small degree with welfare inquiries, families calling to inquire about their loved ones. The Red Cross set up a special phone bank to handle these calls. She recalled one man telling her that the setting, on a hill apart from the city, was peaceful to him.
Some people still keep in touch with the Catholic college.
Morningside College across town housed and fed teams of disaster workers in Dimmitt Hall. After the survivors left Sioux City, several faculty members in Morningside's nursing department explained in the Iowa Nurse Reporter, American Nurse and The American Journal of Nursing magazines how Sioux City had prepared for eventualities as unlikely as this, noting that other communities began measuring their disaster preparedness against Sioux City's standards. Faculty at the city's private colleges and Western Iowa Tech Community College offered their expertise in emergency response and other areas. . . . . Thank you for visiting.