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Around 8am, a 9-1-1 call came in from another student at the same complex. durham 911, where is your emergency? i think this girl just fell down the stairs. she s at the bottom of the stairs, head busted up and blood everywhere. okay, is she responding to you at all? she s not even moving. do you want me to get her id out of her pocket? if you can. her name is denita monique smith. okay. denita monique smith. denita! she ain t moving man. reporter: denita seemed to have perhaps lost her balance and fallen down the stairs. police and paramedics rushed to the complex. the college was quickly notified, as was denita s family. miss smith, denita fell. she s unconscious, but they re trying to revive her. he said, are you coming to durham? and i m still trying to wrap my head around, you fell, unconscious, revive. i said yes, i m coming. reporter: sharon and her two other children lived in charlotte, almost a three-hour drive from durham. on my way there i did cal ....
In a second but first, you ve got news of a gold rush at the olympics forjapan, don t you how exciting! it is indeed! i managed to grab one newspaper, but practically thejudo siblings one newspaper, but practically the judo siblings winning double gold medals for the nation and for the family on the front page of every newspaper this morning. we also had the japanese competitor for skateboarding winning the first olympic gold in skateboarding, and our competitor winning the first gold in swimming. you are talking about the heat and, when it comes to endurance sport, especially outside, it has been brutal i m not sure if you can see the temperature board behind me, it s only 8am but it s getting really, really ....
Now, this is an agonising time for the families of those who lived in those apartments. some of them have been brought here by bus so they could be closer to the operation. some said prayers, others held a vigil, but it also gave them a better understanding of the operation that is taking place. but they are, of course, desperate for news, notjust for news of their loved ones but also for answers about how this possibly could have happened. i have been speaking to a colonel who is the commander of the national rescue unit in the home front command for the israeli defence forces, and he is helping in the search and rescue efforts. joined us to the side of the site of the collapse itself as you will see from the pictures, as he gave us the latest information. we arrived here yesterday, 6am, started working at 8am, since then we are here 24/7, ten experts, we still are at the search ....