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Escaped, how did you make sense of it? >> i was just grateful my son was there to hold me up, because the minute i looked behind me to really get a grasp of what had happened and what we had just gotten out of, it was pretty -- it was surreal. ser it was scary. it was terrifying. there was a mix of emotions. i was sad for -- i saw the flattened building and i was like, that could have been us. my kids are here. i couldnt make sense of any of it. i felt like, why? why did we get out and how did w...

This is the process. >> absolutely. theres just a few of them on top. theyre using a listening device and they can pick up found, scratches, back and forth movement. so theyre trying to pick up that location. the rescuers were able to pick up that side of the pile, crib it with what cyou said, with th wood, being able to secure that area and send the canines. if the canines give a live hit, theyll confirm it for the second time, and that will be putting in a search camera and being able to commu...

>> well, when you look at it, its called a pancake collapse because it looks exactly like that. it looks like a stack of pancakes and the void spaces are so small, that theyre an extreme challenge to get into. and to determine if people have the opportunity to survive. so, when you look at the volume of material, it takes a long time to penetrate that volume of material. and what were doing is we are, essentially, cutting slabs. lifting them out. penetrating. searching. cutting another slab. lif...

Thank you very much. of course, i am chris cuomo and welcome to prime-time. its good to be with you, brother, as always. we are live in surfside, florida, tonight, continuing our coverage. look, these are people dealing with the agony of the unknown. this community has come together, but there is a lot of hurt here. and it doesnt stop at the site. over my shoulder, whats happening there is unlike anything ive ever seen in this country before, except for 9/11. and that was a different circumstanc...

Point of going to the edge of the bridge, going to the edge of the dock and saying, im here and im going to stay here and help as much as i can until somebody forces me off or the consequences of whats going on forces me off. >> what was explained to me on the site was -- because theres a lot of people there. theres a tremendous number of bodies ready to work. and they say, well, you cant have them on the pile. the pile is not stable. so they showed me the de-layering that theyre doing. this is ...

Its been so challenging. there is zero quit in anyone that i saw on that site. and its really important that the families and communities understand that. i know these guys from task force 2. weve seen their work in haiti where they pulled people out after days. ive seen them work hurricanes. they were at 9/11. they know what theyre doing. theyre the best of the best, and they are so committed. and they know the task is giant. 159 missing. now, they look at it in two ways. you have unaccounted f...

Everybodys wondering, guessing whats going on, why arent they in a hurry to get people out of there? why are they taking so long? why are the fires not out? and you just took your time to educate the public on exactly what is going on, and whats happening with those rescuers inside that pile. it takes time. its methodical. it moves slowly. the times the fire was under control and sometimes its not. >> so, it definitely has picked up. we have video of this two-front fire that theyre dealing with,...

Survival. >> but this is all about compromise, right? because adding water to the pile does not help your efforts, because of the density of the mix and what that does for compression and shifting? help us understand that. >> they could have ten trucks here spraying water on this fire. and we wouldnt be able to work on this pile because it would be a complete slurry. so they are using just enough water to keep the fire under control, so that we can do our job. get in there and work. and -- and t...

And what were you focusing on? >> well, when you look at the pile in the rear of the structure. the pancake collapse. we had to try to determine where the best place for penetration might be. so, yes, we did have diagrams. but in addition to that, there is a building, three-buildings down, that is virtually identical. so, yes, we walked the floor plan. we developed a plan and we began to penetrate. and thankfully, the first thing that we saw was a mattress. so, we know were in the area that we w...

There and work and try to save or access as many areas as possible, and not hinder our operations. so were undergoing a process right now where were going to expose a little bit more, maybe get them a little closer to the seat of the fire, so they can have even more effect. but the goal is allowing to us continue to work. >> one of the things you figured out was how to search smart, because, look, to look at it, you cant really differentiate between all 12 stories that are in there. you found an...