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Building was just undergoing. the building is 40 years old. by florida law, it was required to be recertified and it was going through that process, which means for the last several months, major inspections were taking place on this building so it could reply for that recertification. those records weve been trying to reach, weve been talking with town officials, they apparently do not have them or have not made them public, but i think, anderson, those will be key in determining whether they a...

Into. >> but as far as you knew, there was no reason for people not to be living in that building? no, there was no reason for that. and chris, you have to understand that there are board members with their family members. we have a missing vice president who had two of her adult children living in other units with their families. and you think thats an indicator that this was the type of community people liked to live in. normally when youre happy where youre living, you recommend to family mem...

Last night? >> yes. >> what was the conversation like? what was the plan? >> the conversation was mostly about doing structural analysis of the remaining buildings in town to make sure everything else is sound, including the sister property, which is champlain tower north. but seeing that "new york times" article, to me thats -- thats shocking. >> lets give some context to our viewers. this piece essentially described a report that cnn is working to confirm right now that there was serious -- th...

Point, theres no clear answer as to why this took place. experts say they have never seen anything quite like this, and it is going to be a while before we really know exactly what happened, but its clear that at least as of a few years ago, there were some fairly serious issues that were found. >> aaron, i want to pick up what you say, youre saying that there is a suggestion there was a design flaw here, its my understanding this building was built in 1981, that is 40 years ago, has anyone offe...

Welcome to cnns special live coverage of the tragedy near miami. im wolf blitzer, near the scene of the 12-story condo building collapse here in surfside, florida. >> and im pamela brown in washington. >> we have a lot of breaking news to cover this hour, pamela. well do it together. the structural engineering company that inspected the champlain towers in 2018 says they also gave estimates back in june of 2020 for the buildings 40-year recertification. the consultant only provides engineering c...

On the good side. and we have a long way to go. were not going to know the cause soon. victims, families, they must get answers. this does not happen in america. so lets bring in an attorney for the condo association. what do they know? 40-year inspection, recertification, what were the issues, what were the concerns, what does the attorney make of the speculation and the questions that were out there. there was a lawsuit filed yesterday. well ask the questions and get the answers, next.

Here. >> thank you. thank you for being here because it gives people hope. and i know this has been hard. i know its going to keep hitting you. but you got each other, and there is a gift in that now that im sure will be valued a little bit differently, after this. all right? >> absolutely. >> all right. lets take a break right now. when we come back, this is the aguero family. they are one of the few stories we have had that comes out of this on the good side. and we have a long way to go. were...

Recertification of buildings. they go through for structural and main things to make sure its okay. and this building had had requirements for repair. the head of the co-op, the condo board says he saw nothing that would have precipitated an event like this. so there is no indication that this tower was unusually vulnerable. that kind of makes it more frightening in a way, because our buildings dont just collapse in america. >> it doesnt, but at the same time we dont know what happened. its too ...

Door and where his neighbors condo should have been was just dark beach. it is hard to listen to. it sounds like a really harrowing experience none of us could really imagine. but eventually they were able to get help, a lot of them were taken by like a cherrypicker from the miami dade fire rescue from their balconies. and there were a lot of survivors who seemed to be in really good condition that were rescued from their apartments. but i cant imagine what that must have been like. and there ar...

Continues for people trapped under the collapsed condo building and surfside florida. todd: they are looking for survivors. >> reporter: as the search and rescue operation continued throughout the night weve seen the arrival of big machinery, cranes, bulldozers trying to move away some of the rubble from the condominium collapse that occurred at 1:30 in the morning on thursday, 99 people missing, the big mystery is what caused the condominium to collapse. a 40-year-old building was undergoing re...