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it s 1:30 in the morning and i hear the loudest thunderclap i ve ever heard in my life. reporter: he remembers the cries for help from his neighbors. people are yelling, help me, help me, get me out. reporter: his arms are still bruised from that night. he s now filing a lawsuit against the condo association. a 2018 engineering report warned there was major structural damage to the concrete under the pool deck, as well as cracking in the columns in the parking garage. abc news confirming residents were assured by a surfside building official the tower was in very good shape. engineers looking at this disturbing video frame by frame, showing the collapse. when i look at the video, i feel it looks like it starts from the bottom of the building and works its way up or a failure concentrated at the support of the bottom of the building. that video could prove key in this investigation. victor oquendo joins us once again from the scene. today, the mayor of miami-dade ....
Waterproofing is beyond its useful life, and therefore must all be completely removed and replaced. the 2018 survey called for quick repairs to prevent bigger problems, warning failure to replace the waterproofing in the near future will cause the extent of the concrete deterioration to expand exponentially. emails showed the repairs would be extremely expensive, potentially more than $9 million. the report was sent on it a surfside building official who two days later assured residents the tower was in very good shape, according to town meeting minutes obtained by cnn. the engineering firm said it had been retained this month by the condo association for the building s massive repair project. the company says roof repairs were taking place at the time of the collapse, but concrete restoration had not yet started. prieto who no longer works for the town of surfside has not yet responded to cnn s request for comment. they knew in 2018 that there ....
As the governor and the congresswoman said, and the lieutenant governor, there s going to be a thorough and full investigation of what led to this tragic event. we are going to get to the bottom of what happened here. right now, our top priority is search and rescue and find the people. as you heard, florida officials promising a full investigation into what happened. we re learning new details about previous signs of trouble for this 12-story building. a 2018 report by a structural engineer found major issues with waterproofing around the pool and abundant cracking in concrete columns in the building s garage. despite that report, a surfside building official assured residents two days later that the building was, quote, in very good shape. the miami herald reports a condo resident called her husband moments before the collapse and said the building ....