Up to their knees and their waist. They are crawling into crevices through the rubble looking for possible survivors. Officials say they have heard sounds from underneath this debris, but they cannot confirm hearing any voices at this time. Officials say President Biden is receiving updates on this. He is expected to address this later today at the white house. Lets go to our colleagues in florida. Dr. Sanjay gupta there. Rosa, lets begin with you. What more have we learned this morning especially about the number unaccounted for . Reporter you know, poppy, we were expecting this to happen. I know Governor Desantis mentioned it yesterday, that they knew that more bad news was going to be coming in the coming hours, and we learned that overnight three more bodies were pulled from the rubble. That, of course, brings the death toll to four. We are also learning about the challenges that firefighters were facing overnight. Fires that not only started, but then were reignited. And so that j
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 still missing, officials couldnt give me that answer. They are asking families and friends who have not been able to
No word how many could be trapped and what caused the collapse. Here is what the mayor said a short time ago. They were doing roof work on the building at the time. Certainly that doesnt seem like it would be the issue that would have caused it. Some of the residents at the Community Center have complained to me the new building that went up to the south used to shake the building when they were putting the pilings in. We need to look hard at what happened there and find out because buildings just dont fall down like this. We had the dogs out there probably a few hours ago over the collapsed area and were just not getting any hits which is really heartbreaking. Bill its a sound bite that captures the moment for what were trying to understand really beneath the rubble. Dana one thing we do know the building was going under a renovation of some sorts. That might have perhaps contributed to this terrible situation. Bill the authorities have been we see the sirens all night long. At the mo
Debris and the partial debris was covering the door next to us, as well. We took two elderly people with us that we didnt know. We met them in the staircase to our apartment and decided to go out to the balcony and wave down fire rescue and they are heroes. Theyre just unbelievable human beings. It is just overwhelming to see when we opened the door and saw that the building had collapsed. It was just surreal. We also have new Surveillance Video showing the moment that the tower collapsed. We have to warn you, this next 20 seconds may be very disturbing, difficult to watch. So lets get right to nbcs sam brock who has been covering this Rescue Operation throughout the morning. Sam, what update can you give us at this hour about people found, rescued, injuries . Reporter the most relevant thing you said just now, andrea is an unknown number of people that theyre searching for. That is the Million Dollar question right now. So many families on edge and just hoping that well get some clari
Debris and the partial debris was covering the door next to us, as well. We took two elderly people with us that we didnt know. We met them in the staircase to our apartment and decided to go out to the balcony and wave down fire rescue and they are heroes. Theyre just unbelievable human beings. It is just overwhelming to see when we opened the door and saw that the building had collapsed. It was just surreal. We also have new Surveillance Video showing the moment that the tower collapsed. We have to warn you, this next 20 seconds may be very disturbing, difficult to watch. So lets get right to nbcs sam brock who has been covering this Rescue Operation throughout the morning. Sam, what update can you give us at this hour about people found, rescued, injuries . Reporter the most relevant thing you said just now, andrea is an unknown number of people that theyre searching for. That is the Million Dollar question right now. So many families on edge and just hoping that well get some clari