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Shock. I was in a deep sleep and i heard an incredible bang. And we opened up the door from our apartment and there was a huge pile of rubble. And dust. And just havoc. Grabbed the Childrenen A St and started running out the door and everybody was screaming and panicking. Everybody was here but the wife and three children, 2, 6 and 9. Were they here visiting . Doct yes, vacation. Im just asking god because they are in the affected area. And there are still many questions. Chief among them, what could have caused such catastrophic failure . One experts opinion, corrosion of steel. And it means ...

Fell, our colleague, brian todd, obtained a memo from a source close to the building, showing that there was spalling concrete on a pillar that occurred after this collapse, and they are now doing as much as they can to shore that up. they've got structuralen engines there to work on it and ensure the safety of people in that building, as well, fred. >> heart wrenching and heartbreaking. thank you so much, natasha chen. let's talk about this in further detail. joining me now is architect coby carp. good to see you. there are a lot of concerns, you know, about the remaining portion of that ch...

This regarding the champlain east tower complex, that is just two doors down, very close to the collapsed site. again, part of the same complex as the collapsed building. we have obtained a memo from a source close to the champlain east tower complex, a memo to residents of that building dated yesterday seeking to reassure the residents they're doing all they can to keep that building safe. there is a pillar in the garage of that building which suffered some spalling and cracking. we have some video of that to show you from a resident there. that cracking of that pillar in the garage, accordin...

Conditions there? >> well, i know a prior resident back in 2012, and then again in 2014 complained that -- by a lawsuit that they weren't maintaining the building such that cracks were causing water intrusion into her apartment. she had to sue them on two different occasions because the first one they didn't do what they promised to do and she had to sue them again. that's back, 2012, 2014. since we see a lot of this in these water front buildings, this concrete cancer, the spalling of the steel through the water intrusion into these buildings is quite rampant throughout, including this partic...

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...