Shock. I was in a deep sleep and i heard an incredible bang. And we opened up the door from our apartment and there was a huge pile of rubble. And dust. And just havoc. Grabbed the Childrenen A St and started running out the door and everybody was screaming and panicking. Everybody was here but the wife and three children, 2, 6 and 9. Were they here visiting . Doct yes, vacation. Im just asking god because they are in the affected area. And there are still many questions. Chief among them, what could have caused such catastrophic failure . One experts opinion, corrosion of steel. And it means that the building was assumed by the series of pillars. So if the pillars fail, everything fails. So that is exactly what it looked like. And i seen the failures like that, hundreds of them like that. And this is right next to the ocean and also that area collapses also a sign. So corrosion of the reinforcement will compromise the capacity of Thec Column Fai fails. And of course it is still a Fran
What we have learned is that three years ago, an engineer warned of major structural damage at the complex. And now there are concerns about the condos Sister Building a block away. Surfsides mayor says residents there should evacuate out of an abundance of caution. Family members wait to hear word of loves ones as rescuers are bringing in dogs to sniff through the debris. Cnns wolf blitzer joins us from surfside. Wolf, the big news today, an engineer warned three years ago that there were major structural problems at this complex. Wolf, what do you see down there on your end of things . What you see when you get here, jim, is so much worse than you can even imagine with the pictures, because you see that rubble, it is so, so heartbreaking, just to wonder what happened and why it happened. Its heartbreaking all around. Very, very sad. And i suspect things are about to get even worse as we watch what happens in the coming hours. Experts are cautioning that it may take months, months to
What we have learned is that three years ago, an engineer warned of major structural damage at the complex. And now there are concerns about the condos Sister Building a block away. Surfsides mayor says residents there should evacuate out of an abundance of caution. Family members wait to hear word of loves ones as rescuers are bringing in dogs to sniff through the debris. Cnns wolf blitzer joins us from surfside. Wolf, the big news today, an engineer warned three years ago that there were major structural problems at this complex. Wolf, what do you see down there on your end of things . What you see when you get here, jim, is so much worse than you can even imagine with the pictures, because you see that rubble, it is so, so heartbreaking, just to wonder what happened and why it happened. Its heartbreaking all around. Very, very sad. And i suspect things are about to get even worse as we watch what happens in the coming hours. Experts are cautioning that it may take months, months to
More than 60 hours since the collapse took place. Rescue teams are battling fires which greatly complicated the effort to find survivors. We are facing incredible difficulties with the fire. The fire has been going on for awhile. It is a very deep fire. It is extremely difficult to locate the source of the fire. There are new concerns about the condos sister building, nearly identical building located a block away from the collapse. Officials are saying that building should be evacuated until a structural investigation can be done. Has the same name, same developer, probably had the same materials. Probably had the same plans. And people are asking me is the building safe. I cant tell them it is safe. I cant tell them that. One of the Big Questions thats outstanding is how this could happen. Were getting details today about exactly what may have been happening in the pool deck of the building. Structural field survey was done in 2018 and warned of cracking in certain columns. An engine
Within 45 minutes people are Still Holding on to hope that at any moment there could be word someone has been found alive beneath that rubble. Hope is the only thing people here have right now. The latest update from the scene, a state of anxious anticipation. 159 people still unaccounted for. Literally a short distance from where i stand rescue crews have not stopped working since the Building Collapsed thursday morning. Theyre carefully sifting through debris. Fire, smokey conditions complicate their work. Theres a wall honoring the missing not far from here. Of course, adding to the frustration and uncertainty of the families here, the mystery. We still have no idea what brought most of this building down. We are getting some very important contexts, potentially clues as to what may have led to this collapse. The new york sometimes saying an engineer worried of, quote, major structural damage. They were urged to make major repairs. That work was about to get underway. Experts cautio