A very good morning to our viewers here in the United States and around the world. It is thursday, june 24th, and we are beginning with some Breaking News here. There is a massive Search And Rescue operation under way right now in south florida, after a highrise building partially collapsed in the city of surfside, this is near miami beach. Emergency crews are shifting through huge piles of rubble. Er following reports people may still be trapped in the debris. The collapse happened about 2 00 a. M. You would think people would be inside sleeping. Dozens of rescue units from the miamidade area are now on the scene. Leila santia we do is live on the scene. What is going on there . Reporter this is an upscale Beach Community north of miami beach with a mixture of old and New Buildings just to give you an idea of the area but i want to show you behind me, you can actually see in the neighboring buildings that rescue crews are on balconies, we see flash lights so we think theyre inside as
9 11, literally. This is by far the most horrific thing ive seen in my life. The whole thing came down. It looks like a bomb went off. Were pretty sure a bomb didnt go off. Heartbreaking for anyone still trapped inside. This stunning new hopeful. A young boy being rescued from the rubble. There are fears, understandable fears, more people could be trapped. Right now more than 80 Emergency Teams are working to find survivors if they can. This is what the 12story Ocean Front Condo Building looked like before this mornings collapse. And now a huge piece of that structure came down. Cnns Leyla Santiago is on the scene in surf side, florida, with the very latest. Do we have any idea, leyla, how many people were inside that building when it came down . Reporter that is a very big unanswered question at this point. I can tell you it is still active Search And Rescue where the debris is, the building, whats left of it, has been cleared, the portion that is still standing. Let me walk you throu
Debris and the partial debris was covering the door next to us, as well. We took two elderly people with us that we didnt know. We met them in the staircase to our apartment and decided to go out to the balcony and wave down fire rescue and they are heroes. Theyre just unbelievable human beings. It is just overwhelming to see when we opened the door and saw that the building had collapsed. It was just surreal. We also have new Surveillance Video showing the moment that the tower collapsed. We have to warn you, this next 20 seconds may be very disturbing, difficult to watch. So lets get right to nbcs sam brock who has been covering this Rescue Operation throughout the morning. Sam, what update can you give us at this hour about people found, rescued, injuries . Reporter the most relevant thing you said just now, andrea is an unknown number of people that theyre searching for. That is the Million Dollar question right now. So many families on edge and just hoping that well get some clari
Debris and the partial debris was covering the door next to us, as well. We took two elderly people with us that we didnt know. We met them in the staircase to our apartment and decided to go out to the balcony and wave down fire rescue and they are heroes. Theyre just unbelievable human beings. It is just overwhelming to see when we opened the door and saw that the building had collapsed. It was just surreal. We also have new Surveillance Video showing the moment that the tower collapsed. We have to warn you, this next 20 seconds may be very disturbing, difficult to watch. So lets get right to nbcs sam brock who has been covering this Rescue Operation throughout the morning. Sam, what update can you give us at this hour about people found, rescued, injuries . Reporter the most relevant thing you said just now, andrea is an unknown number of people that theyre searching for. That is the Million Dollar question right now. So many families on edge and just hoping that well get some clari
Debris and the partial debris was covering the door next to us, as well. We took two elderly people with us that we didnt know. We met them in the staircase to our apartment and decided to go out to the balcony and wave down fire rescue and they are heroes. Theyre just unbelievable human beings. It is just overwhelming to see when we opened the door and saw that the building had collapsed. It was just surreal. We also have new Surveillance Video showing the moment that the tower collapsed. We have to warn you, this next 20 seconds may be very disturbing, difficult to watch. So lets get right to nbcs sam brock who has been covering this Rescue Operation throughout the morning. Sam, what update can you give us at this hour about people found, rescued, injuries . Reporter the most relevant thing you said just now, andrea is an unknown number of people that theyre searching for. That is the Million Dollar question right now. So many families on edge and just hoping that well get some clari