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Search for what may have caused the disaster is only getting started. in a moment, we'll talk with a leading structural engineer. joining us now is florida international university's sha moan da vinski who did the study of the building last year that determined for at least a portion of its life it had been sinking. professor, first of all, the idea that this had been sinking, can you explain what that actually means, how much you noticed that, how much was it sinking, and what more do you know about the condition of the building? >> okay, so it was -- we looked at it as part of a study when w...

Space and we looked at the movement of the air surface of the building. now, we don't like the term sinking because sinking is something that sink into liquid. we usually use the term subsiding. >> subsiding. okay. >> so, what we notice is that the building was subsiding. at a very -- at a rate of 2 millimeter per year, which is small but it was noticeable because the -- the rest of the area was very stable. >> you say -- you say it was -- you say it was noticeable. it's not noticeable to the human eye. i mean, 2 millimeters a year. it's noticeable, through your instruments? >> exactly. it's -...