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Tonight 99 souls are listed as unaccounted for officially. Theres been one fatality. Crews have been on the scene for almost 24 hours now using extrication tools, their hands, search dogs, microphones. Earlier today a boy who was trapped in the debris was pulled out alive. For the very latest, were joined tonight by telephone by charles briquette, the mayor of surfside, florida. Joining us by telephone, because the weather has turned so suddenly severe, we cant get a tv signal out of there, which also means think of the underground rescue effort and how that will be slowed down and hampered by rainfall. Mr. Mayor, ive been watching you on television all day. I think were pretty close to the same age. When i woke up this morning, saw the pictures in your town, i thought of the Marine Barracks bombing. I thought of oklahoma city. And then ive seen your comment all day long. Buildings dont fall down like this in america. Obviously t ....
Crews have been on the scene for almost 24 hours now using extra caution tools, their hands, search dogs, microphones. Earlier today, a boy who was trapped in the debris was pulled out alive. For the very latest we are joined tonight by telephone by Charles Berke yet, the mayor of surfside, florida. Hes joining us by telephone because the weather has turned so severe we can get a tv signal out of there. Which means, think of the underground rescue effort, it will be slow down and hampered by rainfall. Mister mayor, ive been watching you on television all day, i think we are pretty close to the same age. When i woke up this morning, saw the pictures in your town, i thought of the Marine Barracks bombing them. I thought of oklahoma city, and then i seen your comment all day long, buildings dont fall down like this in america. Obviously, there is that investigation. But update u ....
Horrific thing that ive seen in my life. The wheel thing came down. It looks like a bomb went off but were sure a bomb didnt go off. A brief moment of hope that youre looking at from earlier this morning before the sun came up, that is rescuers pulling a young boy from the rubble alive. Hes one of two people that Authorities Say they have been able to rescue from the debris so far. Take a look at this. This is what the highrise ocean front looked like before the collapse this morning and here it is after the collapse in the aftermath, what is left of the building. Our Layla Santiago is on the scene in surfside, florida, with the latest. So youve been there since right after this happened. What are people telling you . Reporter we learned new numbers. We learned that 35 people were rescued. Two were pulled from the rubble. But when i asked the key question of how many are sti ....
Anything but it is terrifying. Lets play it. You see first one section of the Building Collapsed and then seconds later another section of the building just collapsed and then the smoke rising from the rubble right after that. One eyewitness describing the scene as horrific. And you understand why they say that after you see that Surveillance Video. At least one person has died. More than 50 people are unaccounted for right now. Dozens of fire trucks and crews have been on the scene since early this morning. Fire and rescue confirm that two people have been pulled from the rubble alive. We have video of what appears to be one of them. A young boy being pulled out very early this morning. Now cnns Layla Santiago is live in surfside, florida. What is the latest there . Reporter that number that just came in, the 51 ....
In these 136 apartments in this 12story building in north miami. It collapsed at 1 30 a. M. While people were sleeping. Moments ago, Governor Desantis was on the scene. Watch this. Tragic day. Some of those folks that were able to go for safety, we thank the fire and rescue for what they did to put themselves on the line to help other folks. Theyre still hard at work. We still have hope to identify additional survivors. Martha this is a video. Watch this. You can see the Cloud Of Dust in the back as this comes down. They have no idea what caused this collapse. Watch to the right. That part of the building also collapses and gives way. Heres the reaction and the heroic work underway at this moment. The building is gone. Its the craziest things ive ever heard of. I could hear somebody yelling. As i decided to get closer, i could tell it was a young boy. He was screaming and s ....