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That we saw was a mattress. so we know we're in the area that we want to be, which is bedrooms, which is where you would expect people to be at 1:30 in the morning. >> 1:30 in the morning. >> 159 people, a wig number. we've never seen a building clap like this in this country. yes, oklahoma city. yes, 9/11. yes, you've had big fires. those were all things that were precipitated by a mass violent event. this is different. and you dealt with it in haiti, but people look at the pile and they say, well, it's not that big. it's volume, it's density that is your concern. how so? >> when you look at ...

Onsite, there is the best of us. and there are the rest of us watching you do your work and thank you for the opportunity to talk to us tonight and for doing the job for these families. appreciate you. >> thank you. >> this is the chief of task force two. florida. very lucky to have multiple task force. they are on that pile right now doing the work that will hopefully make the difference to these families. now, i want to bring in someone else who knows exactly what this chief is doing, because he used to work with them. and the understanding of what the challenges are and how they have to be ...

A different set of variables, okay. and we don't see it, and that's why the answer is so important. now, 9/11 is the last time that we saw buia building collapse ur its own weight. and of course, it was terrorism, and it was of a very different scale. but when you lived it, you see and smell similarities in the dynamics, in the challenges, and the humanity that must be noticed right now. joe hernandez has been all over the world working to save lives from exactly those types of tragedies. he worked with task force 2. he's a chief, he understands search and rescue and understands it as well as ...

If you want to look at organizations that are helping families here in miami, you can go to cnn.com/impact for more information. that's it for me. want to hand over our coverage to chris, who is on scene here, with me, in miami. chris. anderson, appreciate it. thank you very much. of course, i am chris cuomo and welcome to "prime time." it's good to be with you, brother, as always. we are live in surfside, florida, tonight, continuing our coverage. look. these are people dealing with the agony of the unknown. this community has come together. but there is a lot of hurt here. and it doesn't s...

All right. let's start with an unavoidable fact that is a huge problem and frustration in this situation. buildings do not just fall down, on their own. not in this country. okay? building standards are real. inspections are real. materials are real. we have never seen anything, like this. and yes, you can liken it to other things. bridges. this is a building. it is a different set of -- it's a different set of variables. okay? and we don't see it and that's why the answer is so important. now, 9/11 is the last time that we saw building collapse under its own weight. and, of course, it was ter...