lafont. victor oquendo on the scene since the beginning, tracking the latest on the investigation. reporter: tonight, the death toll now at nine in the catastrophic condo collapse in surfside, florida. officials say one person died at the hospital, and crews pulled four more bodies from the pancaked pile of debris. we are making every effort to identify those others who have been recovered, and additionally, contacting their family members as soon as we are able. reporter: more than 150 people still unaccounted for. the operation is constant. six to eight squads scouring the pile at any given time. hundreds of workers on standby. and now rescue teams from israel operatxico onsite supporting th- crews working through the night, cutting a 125-foot-long trench through broken concrete and mangled metal. 20 feet wide and 40 feet deep. critical to the desperate search and rescue.