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Small portion which is about minimum period of six years, half an inch. >> >> reporter: he said that didnt happen around the complex. the sinksing alone likely wouldnt cause the building to collapse, but experts say it could be associated with tension and cracks inside the structure. local officials say there was roof work being done. theyre careful to say that may not be the cause of the disaster, experts say it could have been a contributing factor. >> potentially working on the roof, potentia...

Portion, which is about over the measurement period of six years is about half an inch. >> reporter: he said that sinking didnt occur in other buildings right around that complex. he said the sinking alone likely would not have caused the building to collapse, but experts say it could be associated with tension and possible cracks inside the structure. local officials say there was roof work being done on the building. theyre careful to say that may not be the cause of is this disaster, but expe...

Roof, potentially the nonmaintenance of certain parts of the building, where the connections can come together and fail and create the pancake effect that happened. >> reporter: the location and climate of that area, experts say, also have to be considered. >> potentially the corrosion of the steel, you know. as you notice, its right next to the ocean. corrosion of the reinforcement will compromise the capacity of a column. if the column fails, everything fails, essentially. >> reporter: an atto...

And it is probably the way it looks right now collision of effects of potentially working on the roof, potentially the nonmaintenance for certain parts of building, where the connections come together and fail and create the pancake effect that happened that collapsed the whole building. >> as youve been speaking, were seeing what are live pictures of excavation taking place at the site here. mr. carp, there is a researcher at florida international university nearby who had done some research on...

He said, look, im coming with you. and together, we grabbed each others hand and we just started to run. surprising enough, not even one piece of confetti or broken glass touched us. the next thing i know, we bumped into a priest. >> thats where stanley broke down and he looked at me and he said this, man saved my life. and i said, to stanley and maybe you saved my life, too. he said, you know, i think that tower could go down. i said, there is no way. i said, thats steel. thats a steel structur...

Related to all of these goings on. >> i told brian, i said, this is the lords doing. i am going to trinity church. he said, look, im coming with you. and together, we grabbed each others hand and we just started to run. surprising enough, not even one piece of confetti or broken glass touched us. the next thing i know, we bumped into a priest. >> thats where stanley broke down and he looked at me and he said this, man saved my life. and i said, to stanley and maybe you saved my life, too. he sai...

Related to all of these goings on. >> i told brian, i said, this is the lords doing. i am going to trinity church. he said, look, im coming with you. and together, we grabbed each others hand and we just started to run. surprising enough, not even one piece of confetti or broken glass touched us. the next thing i know, we bumped into a priest. >> thats where stanley broke down and he looked at me and he said this, man saved my life. and i said, to stanley and maybe you saved my life, too. he sai...

Is the lords doing. i said im going to trinity church. he said look, im coming with you. and together we grab each others hand and we started to run. surprising enough. not even one piece of confetti or broken glass touched us. and the next thing i know we bumped into a priest. >> thats where stanley broke down and he looked at me and he said this man saved my life. and i said to stanley, i think maybe you saved my life, too. he said, you know, i think that tower could go down. and i said there ...

>> a pancake effect. almost symmetrical in vertical causing the structure to come straight down instead of collapsing sideways or in any other trajectory meaning whatever caused it, which is unknown at this point, would have caused this structure to have a clean veticcal collapse of those towers. >> reporter: while engineers continue to speculate from afar in reality, the answer lies like the victims trapped under rubble. the 40-year-old structure was due for massive repairs. an alarming 2018 st...

Effort and that these families should keep hope. >> search and rescue. thank you very much, boris, i appreciate that. engineers are trying to figure out exactly what caused the surfside condo to collapse. it may take months to get the answer. but evidence of structural damage already piling up. here is cnns drew griffin. >> reporter: as new evidence emerges of past inspections, cracks, and potential danger, this short surveillance camera video itself remains the best clue so far as to how and ...