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Workers. do they have enough people to try and fix at the very least the infrastructure problems? what is the expectation for how long theyre going to be in the dark? >> reporter: two big challenges. first one is communication. were hearing from rescue workers theyre not even getting alerted as to where people are trapped because the communication is down. as you know, power is out 100% across puerto rico. the only people that have power are people that have generators and thats usually hotels. ...

Air and everyone stops. total silence. this gives rescue teams crawling through the collapsed structure the chance to listen for survivo survivors. >> reporter: you can hear the sounds of the rescue workers working inside the building. >> wooden pillars have been brought in to fortify the school. there is a group of workers known as the moles that arrived an hour after the school collapsed. the 70-year-old rescuers believes more will be pulled out of the school alive. do you believe youll find c...

Well, at this point hundreds of people out here, it does become pin drop silent. people are very, very conscious of the important work being done there. and i will also say that its become much more focused and professional today. they have the volunteers they need. they have food. they have water. everything being supplied for rescuers as they need it on the spot, pam. >> and what are some of the challenges that these rescue workers are facing? theyve been doing this now for 48 hours -- actuall...

Youre hearing it could be a different location to where the victim actually is. >> right. >> all these people are great to help, but you do need a sense of coordination and to be extremely effective. >> i was wondering how reliable that was because as i mentioned it had been 24 hours since hearing her voice. what are some of the other challenges that are facing these rescue workers at this hour? >> well, you know, with each hour that passes it becomes more challenging to, you know, for survivabi...

Truck that came in with the oil workers here in mexico, and as you know they have a very big oil industry here, and i was speaking to some of the oil workers and they tell me that their assistance is needed at this point to break through some beams, to breakthrough some of the metal in this school. its been incredibly challenging for rescue workers to dig through the concrete. and also keep in mind, any movement has to be meticulously planned because youre dealing with more life in there, and if...

A week, ten days later. but each day, each hour, each minute, the risk goes up much, much more. >> how much more time do you think they have to get to these kids? >> it depends on their situation, if theyre in an environment where theyre trapped but they can move around a little bit, theres nothing pressing against them. theyre not having any pressure against their body. they can last for days. if on the other hand, like in oakland when they had the bridges collapse because of the earthquake, th...

>> reporter: yes. correct. >> and theyre walking back. >> reporter: yellow and orange, we were told, are the ones trained. >> so it is unclear now that they have stopped at the rescue vehicle, that oxygen could be for rescue workers who have been inside. remember, we are 45 hours out. so for at least the last 30 hours we know this has been a massive search and rescue mission and there are many workers who have been in there hour after hour after hour. so im sure much attention has to be paid to ...

This is the school where 21 young elementary school-age children were killed after that earthquake struck. i want to show you whats going on here. people right now are searching for some glimmer of hope. they have found it. but the operation right now is dire. it is a race against time. they believe that young girl is trapped somewhere back in that debris pile. you see crew members and rescue workers on top there. they are looking, they are focused. they are searching and pulling out piece by pi...

Move. >> something is happening here. >> what are they bringing in, mariana? >> reporter: they are just asking us to make way and clear the space. i am with you guys here even if you cant see me. im with you guys. theyre asking for space. space is what theyre asking for. >> it suddenly got very urgent as theyre pushing everybody out of the way. the last time they needed this much space is for that truck they took out. >> in the last hour this has become a far more active and urgent scene. not ju...

There have been fewer and fewer in the past two hours, i should say, but i want to point out as we inside, and that was around 4:24 4:30 p.m. during nicolle wallaces show, we saw the fists go up, it gives rescue workers hope they may still find these people and one more image on the ground, chuck. nome supplies brought in, tortilla, diet coke, et cetera, i want to ask these folks to clear the way a minute, because there is a vehicle with lights moving towards us over here on my right, and, of co...