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Where i do use that same language. but if it comes to the point where it is life-threatening, that's up to the engineer's judgment to use that strong language. either way, if the engineer said that these -- this is a dangerous situation, they should have taken him at his word. to me that's it. i've been in many situations where i use that language and the boards for whatever reason, they want to kick the can down the road, we can't afford it, et cetera, et cetera. the engineer's hands are pretty much tied as far as being able to enforce any action on the part of the boards. >> just to be clear...

Precipitate the collapse. what you want to do is try to find the trigger. >> if you can hear me, allyn, you've obviously seen the pictures in the "miami herald" from a pool contractor that showed 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? >> 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...

At this point this is not about blame. i'm coming to you for perspective, not for accountability. not yet, anyway. the idea of the people who had their finger in this, you got to help us understand what that means as i appoint of clarification. as a man who knows the area and suggested, without proof of this particular building, and that matter, that sometimes boards in this area would pick people because of their rates and not their expertise, and that that's something that has to be looked at with who does the inspections and who oversees that. does that resonate with you? >> you know, it do...

Right behind it. >> so, the mayor of miami-dade said that the building audit has already uncovered serious issues including a building closing four balconies previously due to safety concerns. i assume you expect to hear more and more reports like that. >> well, i had heard of that report, but it would not surprise me because i saw the pictures from the engineer, the 2018 report. there were balconies that had this type of spaulding that we're talking about. and, again, for a balcony -- excuse me, for a building that has this extent of damage that hasn't been corrected in a while, apparently, y...

Welcome back. i'm wolf blitzer in surfside, florida. we're live here at site of the deadly condo building collapse. rescuers are now on day six of their desperate, desperate search and rescue mission. we're learning that there were, there were several warning signs before this tragedy. cnn has now obtained a letter from the president of the condo board written back in april just a couple of months or so ago that one, the building's condition had deteriorated significantly in the three years since the engineer's report highlighted major structural damage. there are now growing concerns about th...