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Before. good to see you, brother. thank you for taking the time. first, does anything i just said not meet with your expectations of whats happening on site? >> you actually characterized it perfectly. >> so the idea of why it is so hard, why it has to be methodical, what makes it that way, help us understand. >> well, you have to understand that we are in the midst of a rescue mission. were operating under miami-dade fire rescue, who is in command. and their direction to us has been clear. we a...

What was being done to the building that in any way gave a reasonable concern that this type of event was possible? >> no, nothing. what the board knew was outlined in that certification report. and they were entirely dependent on the items that the engineering would outline in that report. typical things that an engineer looks for in a certification report, in miami-dade and broward county, which are the two counties that require this kind of certification, a review of the roof, the hvac plumbi...

Life brings our way. its just our job to deal with it. and thank god, you got the kids and you got out because you know how many people dont have that story. in terms of any kind of insight, was there construction going on? was there anything that, you know, you thought about afterwards? repairs? >> so, they had been doing construction. so we came down for valentines day. its my birthday on valentines day. we came down in february. and there had been a lot of drilling and sounds from up from the...

Certification. is a review of the roof, hvac system, electrical, plumbing. but certainly, if there was nothing hazardous outline understand that report. anything that would have proven to be a danger to -- to life. and the engineer outlined what the priorities were. and the priority was the roof replacement, which was underway. >> now, i understand the logic that, if the board knew that there was something this serious, why would they have stayed in there? i accept that point. but when we hear a...

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...

For the audience. that they have a steady-stream hose on. and then, the men and women are working on top of that fire. >> yes. >> and obviously, common sense told me you dont want to work on top of a fire. they say thats the balance. how so? >> they are trying to risk themselves, life over limb. its one of the terms. right now, they are trying to rescue people under there. they are willing to put themselves in harms way, to the point of going to the edge of the bridge. going to the edge of the d...

Perfectly. when you said that it is methodical, it is technical, it is thoughtful. as we remove each piece of debris. because if there is the potential to save a life, we have to give that person every opportunity to survive. and we have to make the situation better, not worse. thats why you see such a technical, methodical process being undertaken. >> everyone i saw on the site that i spoke to about, where are you in your hope window? everyone answered, immediately, this is hard. they could be ...

These families. i want to bring in someone else who knows exactly what this chief is doing, because he used to work with him. and the understanding of what the challenges are and how they have to be looked at within the specific windows. because i know thats the curiosity. i have somebody who has lived in reality and well get the best perspective we can in this moment right after this. i didnt realize how special it would be for me to discover all of these things that i found through ancestry. i...

That were underneath trying to save the rescuers in the building with firefighters themselves. how long can they live in that? go back even to the pentagon. we know a lot of our brothers that had to go in and out of that building while the fires were still active, actually absorbing a lot of that carbon monoxide. >> and carbon monoxide is always a problem with fire. you dont know whats burning, though. household chemicals. whats in vehicles, whats in building equipment >> all of it. all cancer-c...