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Definitely could tell that it had collapsed, at that point. and now, we had to climb up about-3 feet of rubble with this elderly lady, plus, you know, my family and make sure we got out. >> kids werent hurt, right? i saw them before. >> everybodys good. everybody is healthy. minor scratches. its unbelievably after all of this. >> when you realized, once you were out, what it was you had escaped. how did you make sense of it? >> i say just grateful my son was there to hold me up because, the minu...

These search and rescue forces, these task forces, they have a number of them. theyre rotating them in and out. this picker that you see with the alpha on it, that has been explained as, hey, is that the right way to look for bodies? theyre not looking for bodies. the area has been cleared. this is after that, to move materials out of the way, potential opportunities to find new avenues of ingress. this is not how theyre looking for loved ones. its not accurate and not fair to the efforts and no...

Things but dont expect it to happen to your own. and especially something like this. it was such a freak thing that happened, and it hasnt been explained yet. we are still hopeful and praying for a miracle. were hoping theyre in some type of a pocket somewhere reason the rubble seeking just waiting for someone to come find them. >> well, all i can tell you is i just got to walk the site. the when and women there are committed to searching slox they can and doing everything they can to find anybo...

Largely unharmed. void spaces do exist so we have to hold out hope and do so with an ideaing that it is possible. >> so something else that was explained to me on the site. that air is getting into the site, through different corridors, wind, the storm bands. and that, thats what you think reignited this. this smoke is certainly more dense than we have seen since we came today. and its much thicker onsite coming out of the side of the building. and then, a separate part of the pile that has stea...

And all i know is what i saw. and what i saw was what i would want to see, if i were waiting for answers about my own, loved ones on the inside. so now, lets get the detail on the granular from the chief of the city of miami fire rescue task force two, assisting with the operations, joe, chief z, we have been together before. its good to see you, brother. >> thank you, chris. >> thank you, for taking the time. and, first, does anything i just said not meet with your understanding and expectation...

That we saw was a mattress. so we know were in the area that we want to be, which is bedrooms, which is where you would expect people to be at 1:30 in the morning. >> 1:30 in the morning. >> 159 people, a wig number. weve never seen a building clap like this in this country. yes, oklahoma city. yes, 9/11. yes, youve had big fires. those were all things that were precipitated by a mass violent event. this is different. and you dealt with it in haiti, but people look at the pile and they say, well...

Onsite, there is the best of us. and there are the rest of us watching you do your work and thank you for the opportunity to talk to us tonight and for doing the job for these families. appreciate you. >> thank you. >> this is the chief of task force two. florida. very lucky to have multiple task force. they are on that pile right now doing the work that will hopefully make the difference to these families. now, i want to bring in someone else who knows exactly what this chief is doing, because ...

A different set of variables, okay. and we dont see it, and thats why the answer is so important. now, 9/11 is the last time that we saw buia building collapse ur its own weight. and of course, it was terrorism, and it was of a very different scale. but when you lived it, you see and smell similarities in the dynamics, in the challenges, and the humanity that must be noticed right now. joe hernandez has been all over the world working to save lives from exactly those types of tragedies. he worke...

If you want to look at organizations that are helping families here in miami, you can go to cnn.com/impact for more information. thats it for me. want to hand over our coverage to chris, who is on scene here, with me, in miami. chris. anderson, appreciate it. 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 o...

All right. lets start with an unavoidable fact that is a huge problem and frustration in this situation. buildings do not just fall down, on their own. not in this country. okay? building standards are real. inspections are real. materials are real. we have never seen anything, like this. and yes, you can liken it to other things. bridges. this is a building. it is a different set of -- its a different set of variables. okay? and we dont see it and thats why the answer is so important. now, 9/11...