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Under the debris. now, let me tell you what i've learned, not from officials, but from those who were here, those who were inside when this building collapsed and those who were outside. i spoke to one man who said he thought it was like a bomb. that's what it sounded like. then i spoke to one woman who said the dust was so much that it traveled for blocks. let me let you listen for yourself. >> i looked down the hallway and it's a very long hallway, probably 100 yards, 75 yards. and there was nothing there. it was just a pile of dust and rubble and paint falling from the ceilings. i felt the ...

Time. but it was good news seeing they got another victim out of there. >> to reiterate for everyone, again, this number that you can call if you fear anyone you knew, one of your loved ones was in the building or you might have any information about someone who was. the phone number, we can put on the screen is 305-614-1819. again, 305-614-1819. you can go to miami-dade.gov/emergency. the reason i bring this up again, chief downey, unlike a hotel where they would probably know from video surveillance and check-ins, et cetera, key ins to rooms who was there, aren't they going to rely on inform...

Reliable list of those that are missing, it will help the search and rescue operations. if somebody says somebody's missing in a certain apartment, we can focus the search and rescue operations in that part of the building. right now they're looking for needles in a haystack. you can imagine the size of the collapse area. so any help that the family members can provide or friends, call that number. it's going to be very important. >> retired miami-dade fire rescue chief dave downey, thank you very much. the latest we're learning from this building collapse in miami is that 35 people have now b...

Fire chiefs. chief, it is so important to have you on because you know this stuff better than any of us. how do you do what leyla and i were just talking about, which is how do you continue a search and rescue operation when the rest of the building is at risk of collapse? >> well, that's the biggest concern right now, is the secondary collapse. and there you have highly trained, highly experienced rescuers. miami-dade fire rescue is part of the national search and rescue system under fema, and those members have tremendous amounts of experience. so we have structural engineers that are going ...

Building, believing that it's compromised because of the building that collapsed next door. we do know that the red cross is here helping out with that. the big question, what will now be at the center of this all, how did this happen? what led to this building partially collapsing in the middle of the night? that will be the central question for the investigation moving forward. >> leyla, thank you for all the reporting and being there and talking to people. it is amazing to hear from that man who escaped. i do want to ask you about the warning or concern from the mayor of surf side, charles ...