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It has been hot, it s been humid. now we re dealing with the rain. and as craig said, they work through those problems in order to keep going around the clock. and, you know, when it s all said and done, hopefully we ll have some ideas of what caused this building to come down. in my 30 years in search and rescue, i ve never seen a building collapse like this. yeah, when you say 30 years in search and rescue, you ve never seen something like this. there have been other buildings that have gone down, but as a result of hurricanes, tornados, earthquakes, stuff like that. but this is something pretty unusual, right? absolutely. i mean, the collapse, afterwards, i m certainly familiar with, but the reason that it came down. i think there s many of us, myself included, that are very interested in knowing why. yeah, all of us want to know why. dave, thank you. craig, thanks to you, as well. we re continuing to monitor the news conference that s about to ....
The weather doesn t stop. the rescue teams have to go. that s why they have a safety officer, part of that is to keep an eye on things that can affect the operations. they have the authority to inform the incident commander when they need to shut down. so, you know, it s a balance between continuing the operations while you maintain safety of the team. you know, dave, when you listen to the tone of officials on the ground right now, is reality sinking in on the chances of any survivors being found? i think it is. as the days goes on, obviously the chances diminish. rescuers are still maintaining hope, but rescuers are working under the idea and the drive that they re going to bring closure to every one of these families. and they want to be able to do that. and they re going to continue to work around the clock until they ve recovered every last victim they can. you know, craig, how concerned are you for the safety ....
key things we re looking for all throughout in regards to void space, livable spaces. we re not coming across that. reporter: but teams are not giving up. not on the possible survivors and not on finding answers about what went so terribly wrong. the whole world wants to know what happened here. i look forward to learning the truth, as do we all. and that we ll learn what happened, what could have been prevented, and how to make sure it never happens again. reporter: and wolf, officials will grant reporters and photo journalists access to the site for the first time tonight. we will bring you those pictures live here on cnn. wolf? all right, rosa, thank you very, very much. rosa flores on the scene for us, as she has been for these many, many days. let s get some more on all of this. the former miami-dade fire chief, dave donny is joining us. also former fema administrator, craig fugate. dave, we re awaiting an update ....
Of residents in similar buildings in that area and there are a lot of buildings very, very similar. that s what the mayor is saying. we have to see what happened. this was given to congress to investigate these types of classes spop we ve got to figure out what happened, and then find out if there are any structures that are in similar shape and again, as the mayor said, prevent this from happening again. we ve got to learn exactly what happened to make sure it doesn t happen again. so painful for everyone down there. how important, dave, is it, to get these families closure in mourning these loved ones and finding out why this building came down? that s our number one drive. i mean, the number one thing is to bring closure. that s why these rescuers are working in the conditions they re working in. ....