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9 11, literally. This is by far the most horrific thing ive seen in my life. The whole thing came down. It looks like a bomb went off. Were pretty sure a bomb didnt go off. Heartbreaking for anyone still trapped inside. This stunning new hopeful. A young boy being rescued from the rubble. There are fears, understandable fears, more people could be trapped. Right now more than 80 Emergency Teams are working to find survivors if they can. This is what the 12story Ocean Front Condo Building looked ...

Part of the controlled demolition. that is what is called the alpha portion of the search grid. beyond that, where you see the heavy machinery, you see the cranes shooting up into the sky, thats the portion of the original collapse. we know that about 200 brave men and women are working on that pile of debris at any given time. they are following voids. they are trying to find survivors. for the first time, from the ground, we were actually able to see some of the sophistication thats being used...

Reliable list of those that are missing, it will help the search and rescue operations. if somebody says somebodys missing in a certain apartment, we can focus the search and rescue operations in that part of the building. right now theyre looking for needles in a haystack. you can imagine the size of the collapse area. so any help that the family members can provide or friends, call that number. its going to be very important. >> retired miami-dade fire rescue chief dave downey, thank you very ...

Felling, it clues small, strategically placed detonation and relies on the force of gravity to bring it down. the collapse area is confined to the immediate area around the building. >> so all this, of course has amplified with tropical storm elsa churning. they could experience strong winds there. rescue mission has been suspended since saturday night. we want to bring in vaughn hillyard with more. >> reporter: theyre working actively to place the debt nations. we dont know exactly what time th...

>> in that specific location, no. its one isolated location where we have a photograph. one location further away from the collapse area. thats not something that would be completely alarming to me. if that distress was observed throughout the entire structure. thats the point where its extensive and it becomes concerning. theres no view say of the pool deck area or parking garage areas showing just the extent of the deterioration. >> jared, i want to bring you in because you through your job or...