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Would have turned 24 years old today. and a philadelphia crane operator has turned himself in to police and is charged with involuntary man slaughter. he is charged with being high on marijuana when a building collapsed this past week. now back to "caught on camera." welcome back to "caught on camera." i'm contessa brewer. professional rescuers try to train for every scenario. but by its nature, a rescue usually involves some element of danger. so what happens when things go horribly wrong, when things are turned upside down and it's the rescuers who need rescuing? a deadly accident. nine ...

Consideration, especially if someone is operating equipment. >> and lastly, mayor nutter, there are reports from witnesses in philadelphia who say that the crane operator removed a load-bearing beam from the building that was being taken down right before the building collapsed. do you know anything more about that or the cause of the collapse? >> i've read those reports in the newspapers here in philadelphia. all of that, jake, will be a part of the kinds of investigations by the different agencies that i mentioned to you so that we can get to the bottom of it, not speculate about it. these t...

Additional evidence, that it very well could lead to charges in this case. of course, among other things, not only looking at the crane operator, but taking a very close look at both the people who ran the demolition company, the contractor that was hired to take down this building, and as we already know, a lawsuit has already been filed as of yesterday. and now not one, but two plaintiffs are involved in filing a lawsuit against the contractor that was in charge of this demolition job. they are already alleging that there were unsafe conditions there. other eyewitnesses reported that they sa...

Nutter, you are not confirming reports from the local cbs and nbc affiliates in philadelphia? >> i'm not in a position to confirm because i don't know those to be true. >> okay. >> all i know is those reports are out there as you mentioned them, but i have no confirmation from any law enforcement source to confirm that information. so, all they are right now is news reports. they're out in the public space. >> okay. but certainly if you knew them to be false and that does not know that you know them to be true, but certainly if you knew them to be false, you would tell us so. >> if identify kn...

The crane operator with traces of marijuana and a prescription pain medication? >> jake, all i can tell you is that those reports are around. they are not confirmed. and i certainly don't have any confirmation. there's been no public announcement in that regard. what i can tell you is the actions that we're taking here in the city. obviously a tragedy here in philadelphia. but as a government, we're trying to do all we can to protect the public. so, i made a series of announcements about two hours ago related to significant changes that we'll make in our departments and agencies regarding demo...