Mentioned, wourking around the clock putting their own lives at risk hoping there are lives to save beneath the rubble. Here in Surf Side Hope is the only thing a lot of people have right now. 159 people still unaccounted for. At least four people are dead and being here on the scene you realize not just the scope of the collapse but also the factors that are going to complicate a rescue. The smoke thats still in the air from nearly incessant fires underneath this field of debris. Of course, the scale of the challenge that is facing these emergency teams. Right now theyre racing against the clock and yet having to move in a painstakingly slow fashion to sift through debris as, again, those frequent fires, bad weather, and smokey conditions complicate their work. Were all essentially Stuck Waiting for news, any sign that would keep hope alive and as we speak, there are teams standing by waiting to treat anyone that they may find on site. As we hope for answers, theres now a wall honorin
Chemical in every unit. You know, dozens of units involved. Cars, of course, power lines. Fuel lines. Water informal everything that is feeding one another in a cycle of incendiary incidents. Youre seeing a fire that popped out of a low floor. It starts to burn in color. That means thats the fire actively eating through what the fuel is. Eventually it starts to turn more white which is proof the Suppression Efforts are gaining ground. That is of the utmost importance. Why . Because fire will kill who is still inside and alive, and it can hurt and kill the people who are trying to get in to do Search And Rescue. They have to deal with it. In fact, they had a hose on this building all night long. Trying to deal with fire. One of the reasons that you see all the water in the basement earlier today. Now, work in the basement has been slowed, and theyre trying to approach through different avenues of opportunity to get penetration into this building. Why . Because the water is rising. Its a
Chemical in every unit. You know, dozens of units involved. Cars, of course, power lines. Fuel lines. Water informal everything that is feeding one another in a cycle of incendiary incidents. Youre seeing a fire that popped out of a low floor. It starts to burn in color. That means thats the fire actively eating through what the fuel is. Eventually it starts to turn more white which is proof the Suppression Efforts are gaining ground. That is of the utmost importance. Why . Because fire will kill who is still inside and alive, and it can hurt and kill the people who are trying to get in to do Search And Rescue. They have to deal with it. In fact, they had a hose on this building all night long. Trying to deal with fire. One of the reasons that you see all the water in the basement earlier today. Now, work in the basement has been slowed, and theyre trying to approach through different avenues of opportunity to get penetration into this building. Why . Because the water is rising. Its a
Chemical in every unit. You know, dozens of units involved. Cars, of course, power lines. Fuel lines. Water informal everything that is feeding one another in a cycle of incendiary incidents. Youre seeing a fire that popped out of a low floor. It starts to burn in color. That means thats the fire actively eating through what the fuel is. Eventually it starts to turn more white which is proof the Suppression Efforts are gaining ground. That is of the utmost importance. Why . Because fire will kill who is still inside and alive, and it can hurt and kill the people who are trying to get in to do Search And Rescue. They have to deal with it. In fact, they had a hose on this building all night long. Trying to deal with fire. One of the reasons that you see all the water in the basement earlier today. Now, work in the basement has been slowed, and theyre trying to approach through different avenues of opportunity to get penetration into this building. Why . Because the water is rising. Its a
Ceiling is right on top of them. Bill we just had an update a moment ago from Emergency Officials saying they arent giving up on finding people alive in that rubble. We are listening for sounds. It is not specifically human sounds. It could be tapping. It could be steel kind of twisting, it could be some of the debris raining down. We concentrate in those areas. From below we continue with using light machinery, saws, jack hammers as we continue to tunnel through underneath. We have hope and every time that we hear a sound, we concentrate in that area. When was the last time your crews heard a sound. Throughout a night every night. Dana well hear from the mayor in a moment. Steve harrigan is live on the scene and he begins our coverage. The headline from local officials here at their Press Conference a short time ago was a figure, 159. Thats the number of people still unaccounted for. Yesterday that figure was just at 99. Now almost 50 higher. 159, that really enlarges the scope of the