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>> the worst thing that could have happened was to have a storm come in and blow that building down on top of the pile. >> reporter: rescue teams halted their work temporarily but resumed just over an hour after the demolition began. today workers hoping to access voids in the rubble that they couldn't before the remaining tower was brought down. >> it will help us move forward unim unimpeded. >> reporter: this as new condo documents obtained by cnn shows a presentation was prepared for residents last fall and winter on, quote, why we have to do all this now. the garage lacked waterproofing an...

>> reporter: but while engineers ten to speculate from afar, in reality the answer lies like the vehicle tells trapped under rubble. the 40-year-old structure was due for massive repairs. an alarming 2018 inspection report warned of abundant cracking and several instances of deteriorating rebar especially on the pool deck and parking structure garage under the building. according to the report, failed waterproofing was causing major structural damage to the concrete structural slabs below the pool deck and entrance drive. as dire as it may sound, several engineers cnn spoke with say that the 2...

Information in the "new york times" and "miami herald" looking at the video of the collapse, it may have started at the bottom. that's where the engineering report says that people had found, what. cracks in the concrete, issues with the rebar. what else? >> cracks in the concrete. exposed and deteriorating rebar. the waterproofing was beyond its useful life. the way it describes it, john, it says that the waterproofing should have been in a slanted angle because you need the water to drain. if it's set in a flat space, then the water sits there. it doesn't go anywhere. it needs to evaporate i...

Responsible for this. because my mom and my grandmother are now gone forever. ainsley: the two of them would come over to his house on saturday and pick up his son. you see his son there in the picture with his grandmother and great-grandmother this saturday ran into dad's room daddy, when are they coming? he said i don't have the heart to tell him yet. steve: we heard him recounting things and talking a little bit about the pool deck. i have got a feeling we are going to hear about this pool deck more and more. as brian pointed out, the -- in 2018, months after that engineer's report flagged ...

Letter, and how severe these warning signs might have been? >> reporter: you know, jim, it's very telling that in the 2018 report that we've been talking about, it warns about this happening. so really what stands out to me about this is that we should listen to engineers and follow the science. let me recap it for you because in 2018 the engineers warned that there was major structural damage, that there were exposed and deteriorating rebar, that the waterproofing was beyond its useful life, and it warned that if that waterproofing was not replaced, it would create an exponential deterioratio...