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There and tap, in a steady rhythm, well, a steady rhythm is something if a person might do one, two, three, one, two, three, or they might be hitting on an i-beam or something, those are sounds you can pick up and you know to focus in on those areas. >> incredible watching all the different people helping out and just to think that this thrift store, next to this building to be demolished was still open, a lot of questions still on this one. but steven woodworth, i appreciate you coming in so mu...

Philadelphia. sources tell cnn one person was killed and 13 people were hurt today when a building collapsed on top of this salvation army thrift store at 22nd and market street, forgive me. a vacant four story building was being demolished when it toppled on to the salvation army next door, which, by the way, was still a functioning thrift store. people were coming and going. people were working there. you see all these teams, these rescue crews, first responder, firefighters, construction work...

Who witnessed the whole thing. he joins me by phone. bernie, you were driving along when this -- when this building happened. how close were you? >> i was maybe ten feet from the bulling, rig building, right next to the sidewalk, at the red light. i was in my truck. if you look at those pictures and you see a white pickup truck, that was me. >> im looking. im looking, i see an ambulance. maybe in some other pictures well see. please continue. >> i was sitting there, ready for the light to turn r...

Minor injuries, when a building collapsed on top of this salvation army thrift store that youre looking at right there. this is the corner, if you know center city in philly this is 22nd street and market streets. it was a vacant four-story building that was being demolished when it suddenly toppled on top of the salvation army next door, a salvation army, which according to eyewitnesses, was still open and taking in customers, thus trapping these people who were working and shopping inside late...

Later tonight on cnn, 7:00 p.m. eastern. im wolf blitzer in washington. ill have much more on this whole story coming up 5:00 p.m. eastern in "the situation room." back to brooke baldwin at the cnn center. >> as you have been watching whats been happening at the white house in washington, we have had a lot of eyes and ears on a news conference out of philadelphia as we continue to cover this breaking story here. you see the aftermath of this four-story building, just crumbling to pieces, right a...

Next steps. >> just hold on. >> pulled is a technical term, meaning they got it. they went and received it. >> thank you. >> it is called pulling a permit. dont get excited. >> thank you. >> so just a couple of things. one, lets, again, keep in mind we did not know and we do not know how many people were actually in the thrift store this morning when the wall collapsed on the building. that is why the fire department, search and rescue operation continues. still an active search and rescue scene...

>> there is a reason. >> thank you, john zarrella, on that, congratulations to her, of course. and now to some tougher news here, building comes crashing down late this morning in a busy part of philadelphia, center city. 22nd and market streets. more than a dozen people were trapped in this rubble. what is the process, though, if youre a firefighter, right there, going brick by brick, trying to listen for people, how do you listen? what tools are you using? well talk live to a firefighter in st...

Building to be demoed. this was the thrift store. and so now we have seen it was this building. and, by the way, the l train, the subway was right here. hearing from the fire commissioner, he said not too much happened down there. but just imagine waiting for the subway on your -- what is this, wednesday? early wednesday morning and sort of hearing and feeling that happening above ground. joining me now on the phone is cnns don lemon, who is in philadelphia. and, don, youre the one, youve been t...

People are in any store, anywhere, at any particular point in time. so the search and rescue will continue until we literally get to the basement and uncovered everything that we can possibly uncover and thats why also the search dogs are here with us this afternoon. second, on -- >> okay, so this is mayor michael nutter speaking, that was part of the news conference that wrapped a couple of minutes ago. also speaking the fire commissioner in philadelphia, lloyd ayers. this has been going on sin...

Another round pretty shortly. bernie, thank you so much. i appreciate it. let me just reset for you and take a step back and show you the scene before the building fell. im a visual person. this helps me to sort of understand what has happened. this was before all of this happened, this is the building here, you see this with the hoagie city sign this is the building that was supposed to be demoed. youve seen the thrift store. this is the only bit that is still standing after this building went ...