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Erupt into a round of applause. its never been exactly clear why thats happening or any real explanation what they were cheering. you suspect d the to be some sort of good news. but as far as we know, no one has emerged alive from this rubble today. i was inside the school grounds a few hours ago, anderson, where there were hundreds of people trying to clear out debris. you could also hear, they would have ask the crowd to be silent and there would be silence and you could hear the muscled sound...

Died in the destruction, at least four adults and 21 kids lost their lives at a single elementary school in the mexican capital. there may be survivors in the rubble. we learned seven and rescue teams made contact with a girl. ed lavandera is on the scene. he joins us by phone. what are you seeing, ed? >> hi, anderson. these rescue workers are working under horrible conditions tonight. downpours and lightning strikes in the area as they continue to search through that rubble of that elementary s...

Because rescue workers tell us that means that there is some sign of life. theyre asking for silence. everybody is quiet. you can hear a pin drop here when that happens. weve seen it multiple times this morning and that, of course, hope for those parents that have this agonizing wait, who are waiting to hear if their children are safe. >> i cannot imagine. rosa flores well continue to watch your live shot and keep us posted. thank you so much. if you would like to help the victims of the earthqu...

Welcome back. at this hour a frantic race to rescue a little girl underneath the rubble of a collapsed school in mexico city in the wake of an earthquake there. we have some video that we want to show you of the scene where these rescue workers have been working tirelessly to try to pull this little girl out of the rubble. theyve been trying to locate her. it has been 24 hours since they heard her voice. they have been able to get some water to her, but they are still frantically trying to pull ...

>> bret: a large shipment of emergency supplies has arrived in mexico air force cargo jet. american church and rescue personnel are also in mexico city trying to help find survivors. she correspondent jonathan hunt is in mexico city tonight. >> good evening, bret. the search for survivors becomes more desperate by the minute. nowhere more so than here at the school that collapsed when the earthquake hit. we just returned from a look at that search. heres what its like up close. this is the heart...

Actions, hand by hand passing from one person to another. amid this sign of hope there is also this desperate, grim realization that at least 21 other children were killed when the school came toppling down. this rescue effort here at the school has been a scene repeated not just here in mexico city but also across the quake zone. the government says at least 230 people have been killed. that number is expected to rise. for the very latest now, we, here is cnns ed 11 dar row. >> its not until yo...

Gives the rescue workers hope and all across this city similar scenes are unfolding. i tell you, shannon, what is so extraordinary as you look at the destruction across this city is the spirit of the people of mexico city and the country as a whole. there are not just thousands of official rescue workers working as hard as they can to find survivors here, but thousands upon thousands of civilian volunteers showing up bringing sandwiches, bringing water, bringing shovels, helping dig out the rubb...

Unfolding on the streets surrounding the school grounds. thats where we found a collection of names strung together paper. the names of the teachers and students who were inside the school. >> the papers, the blue one and the white one, was the people death and -- >> most of the buildings surrounding the school with stood the earthquake. only this portion cratered in on itself. and rescue workers vowed to continue the search as long as it takes. >> our thanks to ed lavendara for that report. it ...

A day after? >> yeah. there will -- they want to be alive. and i know that. >> reporter: dramatic scenes are unfolding on the street surrounding the school grounds. thats where we found a collection of names together on paper and clear tape. this is where danelle casares and a team of volunteers help people names of track of kids that was inside the school. >> the white one was the people dead. >> reporter: most of the building surrounding the school withstood the force of the earthquake, only t...

Weve seen people coming out of their homes all afternoon and having had to wade through knee-deep water. they dont have food. they had food delivered. this family here was telling me that they completely lost the top story of their home because it blew off. and pretty much every single house in this neighborhood has some type of damage, whether its trees down. a roof thats been risked away. and this is the scary part, katy, every single neighborhood out here in puerto rico has some type of damag...