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I just i cant even, i cant even begin to wrap my head around this. Tell me i was there this weekend. We had the most wonderful, wonderful weekend with our granddaughter scarlet. It was wonderful. And how from one second to the next second, a dramatic change in life. Its unbelievable. Tell me about your wife. Judy was a philanthropist. She raised money for the childrens hospital, new york westchester medical college, childrens hospital. Then the Ehrlanger Hospital in tennessee. She was a wife, she was a mother, and she was a grandmother. And she was unbelievable. She was full of life. She looked half her age. She was so fit, so thin, and she really kept she was the glue that kept our family together. Josh, how did you find out . Youre living in orlando. Youre a doctor. Youre a Trauma Surgeon yourself. Tell me what happened. Ive seen a lot of trauma, ive seen a lot of bad stuff. I got a call from my sister and my dad and couldnt believe what i heard. I immediately drove down here to meet my sister while my dad and my brother mike here were flying in. We went to the Community Center, which was very nice, everyone there was very supportive. As with any of these types of situations, very chaotic. And we are hopeful that today will be the day that they find our mom, and that shes brought home to us safe. How are you going about collecting information, kevin . Are you getting information from officials . Its really not and i dont mean or think its their fault. Its an evolving scene as you can see behind us. Today we were a little shocked of the amount of fires that are breaking out in the debris and the smoke and the water. Thats not a good sign. So, but were dealing day by day. Were now finding more and more people and i hope and pray shes found soon and everything is good. But its not a promising sight if youve been here. Im sorry. And i dont, i dont mean to talk about this in clinical terms by any means. Its very hard to reconcile what were seeing behind here with all that were hearing. Michael, tell me about your mom. My mom is the greatest person in the world. She would call us almost every day just to check in on us. Shes just the most amazing person in the world and we would do anything to have her back. So, obviously you were out of town. You came back. You tried to call your wife. Shes not answering. You hear about whats happened to the building. What do you do next . You obviously fly back. Well, i was in Watsonville Community hospital. I woke up in the middle of the night as normal older gentlemen do in the middle of the night, wake up. I looked at my phone. I had an email from surf side about a Traffic Disturbance just to alert everybody i noticed it was our building. And that was the disturbing part. And unfortunately, i saw the building and the part of the building that was missing, thats where our apartment is because i live there. I knew exactly, i knew it has to be. So thats when i called all the kids. I got into my car and i drove to the San Francisco airport and flew to atlanta. Met michael, who came from north carolina. We met and we were here yesterday afternoon and we went right to the Community Center to meet everybody. I think about what has happened here, and part of me sort of wonders were there any signs . This is a building that you lived in. I mean, we live in buildings in this country, you just dont expect Something Like this. This is a fairly modern building. Its only 40 years old. If you look at some of the buildings around us, the one next door is actually brandnew. But the one next to it is probably 50 or 60 years old. And it appears to be fine. But this past weekend there was some water in the garage, and it was coming up. Whether that was the real sign that there was something wrong, i dont know. You know, it would be interesting to find out what the manager did or didnt do that they were supposed to do to find out what was going on. Yeah, i imagine some of those answers will be forthcoming. But right now were in the middle of this Search And Rescue mission. Can you tell me about your neighbors, people who lived in the building . What kind of people were they . You know, it was a Vacation Type of building. Weve lived there full time. But when we purchased it, we were living in chattanooga, tennessee. This was our get away place. Plus we had two grandchildren here. A lot of people were in and out. I was actually a little surprised to find out that there were still theres 99 missing people in the building. That to me is a lot. So i think more and more because of covid, more and more people started to actually live in the building. People all over the world are paying attention right now to whats happening here. What do you want them to know about this place, this community . I think that, you know, maintenance in the building and all the politics are part of a condominium where people actually have a voice and a vote. Deferring maintenance, your maintenance going up is probably not the right decision for everybody. So my real decision my real recommendation to you all is, you know, to invest in the infrastructure, to invest in maintenance in your building so something horrific like this does p doesnt occur. I think its such an important point. The earthquake in haiti, there are no building codes, very minimal. It was less of a surprise here. This is something people are going to be paying attention to for a long time. Im trying to put myself sort of in your position, and i really appreciate you talking to us. Ive got to be honest, i dont know that i would have been able to do it right now. Its got to be so what is the sentiment right now . You know, the thing is were here, not for us, were here for judy. And she would be part of this. She is the one who always led, connected to the communities that we lived in. I was always in the hospital working. She was always working with the community and bringing everybody together. She was a wonderful person, and all the texts from everybody, from bardsly to westchester, to southampton to surf side, chattanooga, memphis, warren, ohio she is she touched so many lives over the years. That was amazing, and thats who she was. And she would want us to be here. Ive just been watching you guys. I have three kids of my own. I can tell you, youre such a tight family. People are praying for you, theyre praying for judy, you know. Keep talking to us. If you learn anything, please tell you. Well do the same. Im glad you got a chance to talk about her. John, these are the stories that are happening here on the ground. Unfortunately theres so many of them, but theres a lot of hope still and optimism as we see these Search And Rescue missions continue. Yeah, look, dealing with in explicable loss, literally no explanation for a loss like this. And i love what the spiegels had to say. Theyre there and they have hope because judy would be there and have hope right now. Theyre acting like they think she would be acting under these circumstances. Please give them our love here, sanjay. Thank you. This morning we are also hearing from the miamidade fire rescue chief on the ongoing search. This is what he just had to say. Weve been here nonstop, 24hour operation, and a haste effort of trying to search and find as many victims we possibly can. Theres always hope. You know, ive been in florida, in haiti, collapse in barbados and other collapses that weve been at, and theres always that hope and thats why were here. We fight 24 7, we dont stop. You know, when it gets to that point that its just incompatible with hope, well reach that point. But right now there is always hope and thats what were here to do, were here to rescue as many people as we still can. It is hard to reconcile some of the images that were seeing. The work that is going on there with what we just heard from the spiegels. I mean, you dont think of sights like that and think of people who are still trapped, people who still need to be rescued, but that is what is happening. Rosa, its so tough. I mean, i think sometimes we think about these things from a macro level, and then you hear from the spiegels, kevin and josh and michael, his wife, their mom is still in there. I know that thats obvious to people, but its just very hard to process right now. This is real. This is happening, and people havent seen Something Like this here for sometime. We are getting a better sense of exactly what the what happened to the building and what it looks like, right . We are. Michael was able to obtain photos from the fire marshal that i think gives us a better idea because theyre closeup photos. We have them so we can show them to our viewers. And, sanjay, if you just look at these photos, youre able to see how, when officials describe this pancake collapse, youll see the layers, almost like layers in a cake. You see the concrete floors. You see the balconies. You see patio furniture. And then the mangled wires and also the dangling concrete. And even peoples belongings still dangling. And like you said, this gives us a better idea of structurally what it looks like. But really what people are going through right now, like the spiegels and looking at this and looking at whats behind us, thats where the real pain is right now because they look at these images and they think of their loved ones. Lets listen to the News Conference for a second. I want to come back and talk to you afterward. Its going to be in peoples faces. Ill get it. Good morning, good morning. Thank you for being here. The format is going to be the same. For those that werent here yesterday, were going to start with english, then immediately to spanish, then questions and answers. We have the mayor of Miamidade County. So, good morning, everyone. Unfortunately this has been a tragic night. We do have 120 people now accounted for, which is very, very good news. But our unaccounted for number has gone up to 159. In addition, we can tragically report the death count is now four. I want to be very clear about the numbers. They are very fluid. Well continue to update you as we have them, but we have confirmed four deaths. The Search And Rescue team worked throughout the night and it was a very active scene. From above and below. And we also brought heavy machinery onto the site to assist with the operation, and so we are very, very grateful that our president has now authorized fema support, and we are joined here today by our fema representative who can tell you more. And that is going to assist us in our Recovery Efforts as well to assist the families. We have the resources for the families at the family Reunification Center. Weve been actively providing them everything that they need. Food, shelter, cash to assist with their basic needs, and grief counseling. Obviously a very critical component as we move forward, as people are anxiously waiting for news of their loved ones. At this time we have received all of the donations of goods and volunteers that we can handle at this time. We are very, very grateful for everyone who has contributed, and we will let people know as the need presents. But we do have two Funding Sites available for cash donations. Support surf side. Org and chesed, two sites that are receiving donations. So as we work tirelessly and stand united, local, municipal, county, state and now federal support, we are going to work as hard as we can to continue our Search And Rescue effort. That is our priority. That is where were focused. And protecting our First Responders who are on the scene. So, thank you, everyone. God bless. [ speaking Foreign Language ] they are obviously doing this News Conference in spanish, now. Were going to dip back in when they go into english. You heard 159 people unaccounted for, it was 99 before. We were expecting this, sanjay. Fire rescue telling us yesterday that they were asking Family Members to fill out wellness forms, and this is the outcome of this as more of these families figure out where their loved ones are, we were expecting expe expecting these numbers to go up. Unfortunately the death toll has increased to four. I think about those families at the Reunification Center. Theres families there who are hoping for good news and still have hope, and theres three families overnight who received the news that their loved one has perished. Yeah, i mean, i imagine what it must be like for them. Obviously they want to continue to remain hopeful. Were going on 30 hours now roughly since the building has collapsed. Its a very, its a very tough thing right now for these rescuers, these conversations that are happening with families. We were showing those pictures, i dont know if we have those pictures. You really got a sense that this was completely unexpected. We knew that. But it was kind of like life interrupted. You see their things. You see clothes. I look over the shoulder, i still see the balconies that are standing close to the collapsed towers, things that are hanging there. This really seemed to come out of nowhere. You think of the hour this happened. If this happened in the middle of the day when people are outside enjoying the beach, doing something else, but this was in the middle of the night at 1 30 in the morning. And so most people were probably, the ones that were inside and were living here, were probably inside their unit. If you look behind us, you can see theyre using claws to move portions of the building. Thats what youre hearing, thats whats happening behind us. We think about the painstaking work that the firefighters are doing, risking their lives, hoping to give news. Lets listen back in. The members from Florida Task Force 1 to echo the message of our great mayor. We are pulling Additional Resources from fema to assist, and to provide relief for some of those individuals. This is coupled with the firefighters already on scene, bringing the total of 130 firefighters through this operation. As you saw that we did have the fire reignite, but it did not slow down our Search And Rescue operations. However, during our Search And Rescue operations, we did encounter three victims that were deceased. They were removed. And as she had mentioned, we bring the total to four fatalities. Again, Search And Rescue operations still continue. We have heavy machinery on scene to start pulling some of the superficial metal from above as we look for additional voids from above. Again, Search And Rescue still continues from below as we tunnel. Using light machinery. Thank you. Thank you, chief. Well provide spanish. Well have officer benidas from miami fire. [ speaking Foreign Language ] when theyre conducting this News Conference in spanish, well talk about this for a second. When you see the numbers change like that, what does that really mean . Are these Family Members, so we now have 159 unaccounted for. Are these families that have called in to Public Information and said, my family was also in there, we cant get hold of them . Is that whats driving the numbers . Thats our understanding. We understand from officials that we talked to yesterday, they were making this outcry really, asking people who knew that individuals that lived in this building to contact the Reunification Center to let them know who was missing. Because one of the things we really have to think about, sanjay, is that this is south florida. This is the gateway to latin america. We know that some of the missing individuals are from countries like paraguay. Very hard to get hold of. Lets go back to listening. We have four victims that lost their lives. Homicide detectives are working with the medical Examiners Office right now to identify those victims, and we have victim advocates as well, next of kin notifications will be made. In terms of the scene here, were here supporting fire rescue with their Search And Rescue. Scene security is paramount because heavy equipment is arriving and we are going to have a strict access to this area. Go to spanish really quick. [ speaking Foreign Language ] thank you, director. Were going to have kevin guthrie. He represents the Florida Division of emergency management. Good morning, everyone. Director of the Florida Division emergency management. Overnight we had a mutual aid request go in that is being handled by the state Fire Marshals Office for additional urban Search And Rescue teams. I know that Florida Task Force, 2, which is out of the City Of Miami is going to be the first to help rotate in to help miamidade rescue fire here at the site. We approach the additional Search And Rescue teams throughout the state. Theres a total of eight teams throughout the state, so thats an additional six teams put on stand by to tate in as needed at the request of miamidade fire rescue. So that has happened. At 12 26 this morning, you heard the mayor refer to it at 12 26 a. M. This morning, i received the Emergency Declaration from fema, and that has happened. That is going to turn on what is referred to as category a, debris removal, category b Protective Measures and individual assistance for fema reimbur