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
Heartbreaking to speak to the families, to speak to the loved ones who are still missing. It is awful indeed. Like all of the viewers, my heart goes out to them. Jim, we still dont know why or how this happened, but we are learning three years ago an engineer did raise concerns what was described as structural damage of this florida complex behind me. This triggers new concerns about the sister Condo Building just a block away. Theyre telling residents to evacuate out of that building out of an abundance of caution, and theyre also cautioning that it might take months to know for sure what went so horribly wrong here. Some Structural Engineering experts are weighing in. Theyre calling the 2018 report truly alarming. Well have much on that coming up in a few moments. Lets begin with that desperate search for survivors. Dozens are still unaccounted for and their families are growing more worried and more frustrated clearly by the minute. Cnns randi kaye is here at surfside. What are resc
Heartbreaking to speak to the families, to speak to the loved ones who are still missing. It is awful indeed. Like all of the viewers, my heart goes out to them. Jim, we still dont know why or how this happened, but we are learning three years ago an engineer did raise concerns what was described as structural damage of this florida complex behind me. This triggers new concerns about the sister Condo Building just a block away. Theyre telling residents to evacuate out of that building out of an abundance of caution, and theyre also cautioning that it might take months to know for sure what went so horribly wrong here. Some Structural Engineering experts are weighing in. Theyre calling the 2018 report truly alarming. Well have much on that coming up in a few moments. Lets begin with that desperate search for survivors. Dozens are still unaccounted for and their families are growing more worried and more frustrated clearly by the minute. Cnns randi kaye is here at surfside. What are resc
Rubble. Ten people are hurt. My son, thats the hardest part. He keeps asking me when is she coming home, he saw the footage this morning. Pj rodriguezs mother and grandmother were in the tower that collapsed. Unfortunately, it happened to other families, too. They were visiting from columbia. This couple whose daughter said they lived in the building for seven years. The front page of this mornings miami herald says it all, tragedy in surfside. This drawing Surveillance Video captures the moment of the collapse. It had 136 units, 55 in the Northeast Corridor that completely collapsed. I want to go to Kerry Sanders. You have been there the last 25 hours. Whats the latest on the Rescue Effort, whats the last day been like . Reporter the Rescue Effort, stephanie, continues. We know as you stated, they have been tunneling from underneath. It is going to shift from an Underneath Effort as well as from the top. They brought in large cranes overnight, taking up a good portion of Collins Avenu
We have news now that 99 individuals are still Unaccounted For. There could be more because of the complexity of this condo and apartments because so many were short term rentals. Were not even sure about who was there and whether they are still there or elsewhere or never got there. Welcome, everybody. Im neil cavuto. This is your world trying to got to the bottom of a freakish disaster that now has dozens waiting to hear about loved ones that they cannot reach. About a half an hour, an update from local authorities. Now to Steve Harrigan on what hes hearing in surfside florida. Steve . A lot of anxious people around trying to find out news of their loved ones. The number of people that are missing, Unaccounted For has risen throughout the day, about 99 right now. The number could go higher. Were looking at basically three stories high of concrete rubble. More than 50 Apartment Units destroyed. Theres stories of people saying i opened my door and my neighbors apartment was gone. Peopl