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Attempting to figure out, to explain, how this might have happened. In the meantime, Family Members are holding onto hope, and they are desperately waiting for answers. My nephew was here with a wife and three four children. Im just asking god. My mom is an absolutely amazing person. Shes a fighter, and she fights for every single one of us. And we wont stop, until we wont stop fighting, until we find her. I want to get, now, to sanjay and cnn correspondent, rosa flores also there at the scene of the building collapse. Rosa and sanjay, this is you know, this is heartbreaking to hear from these families. And there are, still, so many questions about what happened here. No doubt, brianna. And rosas been here since yesterday morning. It is tough, i just have to say, listening to those Family Members. I cant even imagine if your if you dont know, at this point. And that is the case for 99 people, theyre still unaccounted for. I i wonder, do we have any more insight, as to what, exactly, happened here, for starters . You know, its too early right now. The officials tell us that theyre really focused on the searchandrescue efforts, as you can see. But if we can go back to 1 30, yesterday morning, and look at that video of the collapse, because thats really where it, all, started. And we are learning more from witnesses, from loved ones, about those panicking moments, when people were trying to flee for their lives. From talking to officials, Fire Officials here, they say that, when they arrived on scene, the first thing that they did was to start rescuing people from the building and, also, from the rubble. They pulled 35 people from the building. Two people, from the rubble. And, of course, we now know that one individual has died. I talked to individuals from the from jackson memorial, sanjay, and they say that they have surgeons here, waiting. And so, i was, actually, kind of curious. What type of of of injuries would they be expecting to see . Yeah. But there theres surgeons here, waiting, just in case they can find somebody alive. These are some of the most complicated sort of searchandrescue sort of missions. Ive seen this in haiti. And i keep sort of an eye on the clock. We are about 28 1 2 hours, now, since the building collapsed and thats something that medical professionals are constantly thinking about, as well. If there are people who are trapped, what sort of whats their medical condition . Are they are they crushed . Do they have Crush Injuries . Have they been in these pockets or voids that weve been talking about . They dont know. I mean, these are all sorts of considerations. So its one of these ideas that you want to have as many resources onsite, as possible. Even, possibly, placing ivs in people, while theyre still you know, still being extricated, if needed. So, they have all this here. When the Rescue Mission, sort of, started. I i guess they arrived right away. We are talking, again, 28 hours ago, now. So, what was the first thing, after they started to search the rubble. Did they bring in fema and other organizations, here, as well, do you know . Yes, and and i got to say that the members of the miamidade fire rescue have responded to disasters around the world. So, these are very welltrained individuals that have done this, before. They have been to haiti. Theyve been to mexico city. They have been to other other places so they are very welltrained. And the way that an official explained it to me, sanjay, is this type of work is so dangerous and so painstaking, they literally move, inch by inch. They move a piece of rubble. Theyre working with Structural Engineers to shore up the building. To build tunnels to go into the building to listen for signs of life. So at some point, and i know you have probably seen this in other parts of the world, because i have, they will do an all stop on operations, just to listen for signs of life. And they do believe that there are these voids, that you were talking about. There is these voids where they think that there could be life. But there are a lot of challenges, though. This is a residential building. So, as you might imagine, the pipes have burst. There are fumes. Theres gas. There is, also, vehicles. So, there is a lot that theyre doing dealing with, as they are trying to find signs of life. We are just about a block away, rosa. And i as soon as i arrived here, im sure it was the same for you. You can smell the aftermath of this. Its the toxins, the heavy metals, whatever it is in the air. Smoke. Again, its a very similar smell to what i have seen after building collapses in haiti and thing likes that. I wonder if, you know, people who dont know this community, or dont know this area. You have lived in this area for these types of areas for awhile. What is it like here . Who lives here . Is it likely the building was was full of occupants . Or not . You know, its very typical, in south florida, for buildings like this to have mixed, i guess, residence. People who live here permanently. So, families with children, senior citizens. And then, also, people have vacation homes. And or snowbirds. Its very typical of this area, and so, at any point in time, its difficult to say whos in the building. Because there could be visitors that, you know, if you have a condo, you might let your friends borrow it. Or your family borrow it. And so, there is no, easy way to have a list of individuals who are in the building. Thats why fire rescue was asking loved ones to fill out wellness forms. So, they can figure out how many people, exactly, were inside the building. As of now, theyre looking for 99. Thats the mission thats going on behind us. Firefighters, on a race against time trying to find life. Its its its its unbelievable work, and we are going to put a phone number up on the screen for people to call if they know if they know people who should have been in the building that are unaccounted for, still. Its interesting, the part of the building that collapsed, as well, was facing the ocean. You can sort of see it, again, over our shoulders here. Its a little bit hard to tell but it was the part of the building facing the ocean. I dont know if thats relevant or not. We are going to find out. Did that, somehow, contribute to this collapse . We will see. But, john, i mean details obviously still coming in slowly. One of the questions will be, did the salt in the air, the water, the moisture, over the 40 years that this building was standing, did that play a role . We just dont know, at this point, yet. We do know that the building was due for some refurbishing. Due for some maintenance at the 40year mark, as required, frankly, by florida law. Stand by, for a minute, guys. As you were describing these crews, they are going piece by piece through the rubble. Looking for any signs, any signs, of life. Now, as of now, were told they have not heard voices. But they did hear some sounds. Latelast night, cnn spoke with surfside mayor, charles burkett. We did have a couple hits. Weve had hits during the day. We pulled a little boy out. We pulled his mother out, i think. Its its very touch and go. Its raining, now, which complicates the issue. And it that that is upsetting me, because its gonna, inevitably slow down the process. In the United States, buildings dont just fall down like this. There is a reason for that. We have got to get to the reason and we have got to understand what happened here because this is not normal. But todays not the day for that. Today is the day to try to save as many people as we can. There will be a time for that. And as soon as that time comes, we will be on that, like you cant believe. Were back here in surfside. And i am joined now by jeffrey rose. Thank you for joining us. Youre youre a general contractor. You have actually done work in this building. Ive done some interior renovations. My parents own a unit in the building. They left last week. Theyve been here many times. They lived here for the last three months, actually. They have been doing some minor work on their apartment. [ inaudible ] havent been able to get ahold of. Im so sorry. Its been just a terrible tragedy for a lot of people in the neighborhood. You talked to your parents . Yeah, informed them last night. They are holding up as well as they can. They have lost a bunch of friends. Im so sorry, jeffrey. This is one of those things. No one, i think, its safe to say, anticipated, expected, could have predicted this. You have done work in the building. I mean, do you have any i have done floors, kitchens, bathrooms, in several of the units here. Never had seen any signs of anything out of the ordinary. [ inaudible ]. Went down was the middle buildings that face the ocean. Thats the area for the reroofing. At this point, theres only been reroofing work, that i am aware, that was done. And then, the part that was still standing, i heard, is where they were going to be doing the rest of the work. I have been all over the world covering disasters. I was in haiti. And i remember one of the things that struck me is that Building Codes are just very different, in different parts of the world. In haiti, there really werent much, in the way of regulations. Here, in the United States, there is a lot. So when you just piece this together, i realize its only been 28 1 2 hours and everyone is still trying to figure this out. But having been in the building. It was the side of the building that was facing the ocean. Does any of this sort of are you are you piecing it together . No, i have no conclusion of what happened. I mean, florida has one of the strictestBuilding Codes because of the hurricanes. Ever since hurricane andrew, they have really stepped up the Building Code down here. Everything, at this point, is speculation. And and these buildings withstand hurricanes. So the the put a little microphone on you there. Help you out a little bit. So so, when you your parents used to live in this building or or have a place in this building. What is the the nature of the residents . Do a lot of people come back and forth . Are theyre permanent residents here . Sorry, got a little bit of wind, guys. Yeah, its a mix. The building was originally built 40 years ago. It was Three Friends out of canada. So a lot of residents that live in the building are still canadians, as well as new residents that purchased units. Some of some of the original, actually, owners still have units in the building from passed down from generation to generation but it is a whole different mix of unit owners here. I mean, we are a small town of 6,000 residents. Everyone has some connection, with somebody in this building. We are not a big city like miami or miami beach. You know, were a small town here. And and what is what is the neighborhood like here . I mean, i see little little shops and things like that. But what is what is it like . Its a familyoriented neighborhood. I mean, my son learned to swim in the pool at the building behind us. I had his 1st birthday there. I had my 35th birthday there. My son plays tennis right behind us at the community center. This is a familyoriented town. This is a small, tightknit community. I am sure you are talking to a lot of friends and neighbors who live here. Are you hearing Anything Else . We are hearing, obviously, some of the details about the Rescue Mission here. But just in terms of how the community is responding . The communitys been really good. Theres been a lot of different chat groups and a lot of people really just want to know what they can donate, what they can do. Theyre opening up their homes. Like i said, Everybody Knows someone affected by this. So we are a very tightknit community and the residents, the commissioners, everybody here is doing everything they can. And, you know, we we all know somebody thats been affected by this. So, so sorry. I mean, it just its hard to hear these Family Members who really, at this point, they just have no idea. That uncertainty, i think, has got to be one of the hardest things. So so, what what do you think is sort of unfolding now here, from just a this is your line of work, Contracting Work what do you think is unfolding here . I mean, right now, were just hoping for the best. They are obviously searching through the rubble to see if they can, hopefully, find some survivors on those lines which were the ones facing the ocean. The ones facing west on collins are still standing, as of right now. And they are just hoping, you know, for a miracle right now, to find somebody. I know that. All right. Jeffrey, please, stick around. You know, i would like to keep talking to you about this. Brianna, you know, i dont know. We can hear the sounds of the work thats going on over here, behind us. Theres water that is, still, being sprayed into the air over there. Some of that is theres, i think, small fires and things like that, theyre trying to cool down aspects of the Rescue Mission. These rescuers can only work in short bursts because it is so such laborious work that theyre having to do here. So, we are going to keep an eye on things. Brianna, jeffrey will stick around with us. Back to you, for now. 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Making it out but ive seen centuries of this. With a companion that powers a digital world, traded with a touch. The gold standard, so to speak ; so, in this type of collapse, even though it is a pancake collapse. As the slabs of Concrete Slide and and move towards the ground, they do create voids. You know, as the rubble crushes and slabs of Cop Crencrete Land top of it there are definitely voids. So we are hopeful we will find patients in those in those spaces. Incredible, lifesaving sort of Rescue Missions going on right now. 28 1 2 hours roughly after this building collapsed. You can sort of see over my shoulder. Light is starting to come out here so people are getting a better look at what has happened. These missions have been going on, obviously, since the collapse has happened and it is painstaking work. People are coming up from all over the country to try and help. Scott goldstein is joining us now. Hes done this work for some time. Hes head of Montgomery CountyFire Department and he is a specialist in urban search and rescue. Scott, thanks so much for joining us. Thank you, sanjay, and good morning. Good morning. Look. I mean, this is this is tough to talk about, scott, but this is your world. You have seen a lot of this. Here. And i am just wondering if you can give us some idea now, again, just over 28 1 2 hours into this, what is what is happening over here behind my Left Shoulder . How how is the rescueandsearch Mission Going . Right. As your segment outlined, there are void spaces in part of that collapse. There may be a v collapse. Different types of resultingvoid spaces are created. All of which, make survivable spaces. And our hope, our continuous hope, is to locate victims, alive. Remove those victims from the building. You talked about the the Crush Injuries and the crush syndrome. There are specialists there ready to treat those personnel. Its methodical, fastpaced, while, at the same time, deliberate. And with planned causes to ensure that we can continue our focus, and not miss any signs and indications of a victim being trapped in the building. When people have been using this term, this this pancake collapse. And my understanding, scott, basically, that means the structural walls. The walls that provide structure to the building. Those are probably what failed, and that causes this sort of collapsing. As opposed, to a cantilever or a lean to where it may be onestructural wall. So, with a pancake, less likely to find these voids, is what you are saying, but still possible . Correct. I mean, that video that miamidade Put Out Last Night shows some void spaces in that garage area. Shows that there is some largemetal structures that present structure support and stability to a void. So there is a combination of all four type of collapses in that rubble pile. And each of those spaces provide opportunities for a survivable area. Seventoten days, its not uncommon for someone to be found alive, and removed from a horrific event like this. And as miamidade has been across the country and and across the world, in their role as searchandre