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Out week -- a week after a collapse? >> absolutely. i was the team leader in haiti. and we rescued, as you heard earlier, a -- a -- a small child eight days after the earthquake. so, that's why these rescuers continue to have hope. if void spaces can be detected, there is the possibility that people are still alive. we're not outside the window of sur survivability in this type of collapse. a pancake collapse is -- is one of the worst types of collapses you could have. as you said, the lean to where, perhaps, maybe one wall pushes out and you have the floor drop down. or a v-type collapse wher...

The rubble, those who are lightly trapped. all through the day and night last night, they have been conducting more meticulous void searches and area searches. also, they have been trying to stabilize the areas that need to be stabilized. we had heard earlier about, you know, the danger of a secondary collapse. they've got monitoring devices on the existing building. paying attention to any movement of that building. they are also trying to secure some of those -- some of that hanging debris. so, the rescuers can continue to operate, continue to do the void searches. today, we're moving in mor...

To you live. as we wait, chief downey, to your point when you see collapses like this around the world, you sometimes get happy surprises days later, right? i mean, you can, you can find survivors many hours or days after the event in the best of circumstances. >> yes. i mean, in the best of circumstances. the early hours are going to be the greatest chance for survival. the type of collapse is going to dictate how, you know, how viable victims could be depending on how big the void spaces are. this type of collapse doesn't lend itself too big open void spaces. we're looking at these images. t...

Looking at this site and they were very quick to say that everything that could have been done is being done. now, as it related to this investigation that will take months if not longer to find the original source of the cause of this collapse, that 2018 engineering report at the request of the condoboard showed significant structural deficiency, cracks in certain concrete beams, areas of problems within the foundation that while they were acknowledged back then an millions of repairs were called for, the concern today is that it was too little too late. >> morgan chesky live for us there on ...