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Lightning rod. ultimately when we have lightning strikes, we have to halt progress. >> what are the concerns with the stability of the remaining part of the tower? as you just explains, there are lasers pointed at it to make sure it doesn't shift in any dangerous way. >> just the same type of lasers a surveyor would i don't, it's not just the building, but the rubble itself. when you removed a 25,000-pound piece of concrete, saying, for example, a balcony, that creates a tremendous amount of holding in the pile, about you when you move it, it's going to shift. 25,000 doesn't move. when it does...

Showed spalling in the concrete, cracks in the concrete, water on the ground there. you know about the 2018 report that was done by the engineer. does any of that raise red flags for you? >> [ audio difficulty ]. you know, while some of those things -- i've seen things like that in lots of buildings. the bottom line is you have this particular building, and a lot of buildings, you have the building tower and then the first floor and the basement stick out further than the tower in the plan, and that's where you have planters and driveways and stuff like that. so you have waterproofing on those...

Letters all over and there is probably economic decisions made because the severity of this isn't understood because the philosophy of a lot of people is it's so incomprehensible that a building that's been around for 40 years can collapse. as you see, it doesn't happen often. it does happen. i would encourage everybody to go through, look for these letters and make decisions of life safety over economics. >> if you got this letter and read, you would have been terrified knowing what you know now but obviously, they didn't. all right. matthew, i really appreciate your time. thank you. >> thank...

Similar design, all of the same materials. concerned residents there have hired an engineering firm, which today is expecting that building thoroughly. take a look at these three pictures we just obtained from one resident. he is says that he believes his building was better maintained and had a better condo association, more responsible, then the one in the south. one resident who lives in the north tower says he things his building is better maintained. he's not scared. he feels safe, but he estimates about 25% of the residents in that tower have voluntarily evacuated. >> shannon: i can unde...

Mass casualty incident, and that is what it appears to be. photos taken show the building needing major repairs as the condo tower is just about to begin $16 million worth of renovations. a commercial pool contractor came by to make a bid. he share these photos with the "miami herald." the ground-level garage as well as the pool equipment room, he took these photos two days before the building collapsed, showing cracks in concrete, severely corroded under the pull, and also he told the paper there was standing water all over the parking garage. a spokesman releases today. "the board retained e...