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 theres that investigation, but update us tonight on the se
Ocean front Apartment Building turned to rubble overnight. We know at least one person has died. 55 of the 136 units this portion of the building destroyed. And that portion of the building Still Standing could collapse as the desperate search continues. This is the moment, those 55 units came crashing down. Look at that. Just stunning. The Surveillance Video was from around 1 30 a. M. Local time. So as you can imagine, a lot of people were probably likely just sleeping. And moments later, there was a remarkable rescue. Crews pulled a young boy from the mangled debris. The boy talking with his rescuers before he was carried off. And earlier cnn spoke with a man who rushed to the scene after the collapse, and he heard the boy screaming. I could hear Somebody Yelling and screaming. Myself and another individual decided to get closer. It was at that point i could begin to hear him clearly and hear by his voice that he was a little boy. Couldnt have been more than in his preteens. So then
Ocean front Apartment Building turned to rubble overnight. We know at least one person has died. 55 of the 136 units this portion of the building destroyed. And that portion of the building Still Standing could collapse as the desperate search continues. This is the moment, those 55 units came crashing down. Look at that. Just stunning. The Surveillance Video was from around 1 30 a. M. Local time. So as you can imagine, a lot of people were probably likely just sleeping. And moments later, there was a remarkable rescue. Crews pulled a young boy from the mangled debris. The boy talking with his rescuers before he was carried off. And earlier cnn spoke with a man who rushed to the scene after the collapse, and he heard the boy screaming. I could hear Somebody Yelling and screaming. Myself and another individual decided to get closer. It was at that point i could begin to hear him clearly and hear by his voice that he was a little boy. Couldnt have been more than in his preteens. So then
We are coming on the air in the middle of a race against time in South Florida. Still a search and Rescue Operation, meaning they are still looking for survivors after part that have condo collapsed around 2 00 this morning in surf side near miami beach. Youre seeing part of that building left. At the moment one person has died, two are in the hospital. There are no numbers on how many people are still missing after this horrifying scene. Survivors started to share their stories after a scary morning. Unfortunately, we do hear screams. I dont even want to think about it. We did hear screams but i couldnt tell where they were coming from, from the rubble, from the apartments. People were on their balconies, waving flashlights, yelling to the firefighters. Over the course of the next 60 minutes, we are talking live with another person who made it out of that building and with the mayor of Miamidade County who oversees the First Responders here. As we come on the air with you live from wa
We are coming on the air in the middle of a race against time in South Florida. Still a search and Rescue Operation, meaning they are still looking for survivors after part that have condo collapsed around 2 00 this morning in surf side near miami beach. Youre seeing part of that building left. At the moment one person has died, two are in the hospital. There are no numbers on how many people are still missing after this horrifying scene. Survivors started to share their stories after a scary morning. Unfortunately, we do hear screams. I dont even want to think about it. We did hear screams but i couldnt tell where they were coming from, from the rubble, from the apartments. People were on their balconies, waving flashlights, yelling to the firefighters. Over the course of the next 60 minutes, we are talking live with another person who made it out of that building and with the mayor of Miamidade County who oversees the First Responders here. As we come on the air with you live from wa