TO FIND SURVIVORS NEARLY 48 HOURS AFTER A CONDOMINIUM
HOURS AFTER A CONDOMINIUM
BUILDING PARTIALLY COLLAPSED IN
SURF SIDE.
FOUR PEOPLE HAVE BEEN CONFIRMED
DEAD.
159 UNACCOUNTED FOR. 127 HAVE BEEN ACCOUNTED FOR.
127 HAVE BEEN ACCOUNTED FOR.
AND WE DO KNOW THAT 37 HAVE BEEN
RESCUED.
>> Nicole: TWO PEOPLE WERE
PULLED FROM THE RUBBLE AS RESCUE
CREWED SEARCH THROUGH THE
DEBRIS.
THEY HAVE ALSO BEEN DEALING WITH SPORADIC FIRES.
SPORADIC FIRES.
AND TONIGHT A MEMORIAL IS
GROWING WITH PICTURES OF MISSING
PEOPLE.
>> Calvin: AND MORE HEAVY MACHINERY HAS BEEN BROUGHT UP IN
MACHINERY HAS BEEN BROUGHT UP IN
TO HELP CREWS MOVE HEAVY RUBBLE.
LET’S BEGIN WITH ROY RAMOS WITH
MORE, ROY?
>> CALVIN AND NICOLE, WITHEN THE
LAST HOUR, THE WIND HAS SHIFTED IN THIS AREA, SO WHERE WE ARE
IN THIS AREA, SO WHERE WE ARE
STANDING WE ARE STARTING TO BE
DONE ASSUMED BY SMOKE.
BUT MAKE NO MISTAKE ACT IT, THIS
IS NOTHING COMPARED TO WHAT
FIRST RESPONDERS ARE DEALING
WITH.
LOOK AT OFF IN THE DISTANCE, AND YOU CAN SEE THE FIREFIGHTERS ARE
YOU CAN SEE THE FIREFIGHTERS ARE
RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THAT.
JUST SAYFULLY GOING THROUGH THAT
DEBRIS. >> WITH MORE THAN 24 HOURS THAT
>> WITH MORE THAN 24 HOURS THAT
HAVE PASSED AND A SEARCH
CONTINUES FOR SURVIVORS BELIEVED
TO BE TRAPPED BENEATH THE
RUBBLE, A SIGN OF HOPE. >> I SAW THEM LOOKING OVER THE
>> I SAW THEM LOOKING OVER THE
RUBBLE.
SO IF THERE ARE SOME NOISE THAT
IS’ HOPE.
>> A MEMORIAL WITH FLOWERS AND
PICTURES OF LOVED ONES THAT HAVE LOST THEIR LIVES AND OTHERS
LOST THEIR LIVES AND OTHERS
STILL MISSING NOW GROWS JUST A
BLOCK AWAY.
>> WHAT WERE THEY THINKING IN
THOSE TEN MINUTES.
DO THEY REACH OVER TO THEIR LOVED ONE, TO THEIR SON, TO
LOVED ONE, TO THEIR SON, TO
THEIR ANYTHING, DID THEY REACH
OVER AND SAY I LOVE YOU, THIS IS
IT.
>> URBAN CREWS WITH MIAMI FIRE PERSISTENCE IN THEIR EFFORTS AS
PERSISTENCE IN THEIR EFFORTS AS
THEY WORK AROUND THE CLOCK.
THEY COULD BE YOUR MOM, YOUR
SISTER, ANYBODY. >> STILL SEARCHING FOR HIS
>> STILL SEARCHING FOR HIS
FRIENDS.
A YOUNG COUP WITH THEIR ENTIRE
LIVES AHEAD OF THEM.
>> THEY WERE GOING TO HAVE KIDS
AND GROW UP TOGETHER.
THEIR KIDS WERE GOING TO HAVE KIDS.
THAT ALL CAME TO AN END IN
SECONDS.
>> LIKE MANY DIRECTLY EFFECTED
AND THOSE THAT DIDN’T KNOW
ANYONE IN THE CHAMPLAIN TOWER,
OVERWHELMED WITH EMOTION, BUT HOPEFUL THIS MEMORIAL WILL BRING
HOPEFUL THIS MEMORIAL WILL BRING
JUST THAT, HOPE.
HONE THAT HIS FRIENDS AND OTHERS
WILL BE FOUND ALIVE.
BUT WITH EACH HOUR THAT PASSES,
THE DEATH TOLL RISES AND SO DOES THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO LOVED
THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO LOVED
ONE STILL HAVE YET TO HEAR FROM.
THOSE UNACCOUNTED FOR, NOW AT
159 PEOPLE.
>> WE CURRENTLY HAVE FOUR TASK FORCES THAT ARE OPERATING.
FORCES THAT ARE OPERATING.
FLORIDA TACK FOX ONCE WHICH IS
MIAMI DADE FIRE RESCUE.
AS WELL AS THREE OTHER TASK
FORCES FROM WITHIN THE STATE
THAT ARE LEER.
>> NEIGHBORS AND RELATIVES
WATCHING AS CREWS WORK THROUGH THE RAIN, AND SMOKE.
THE RAIN, AND SMOKE.
NOW FIGHTING FIRES THAT SPORE
RADICALLY IGNITE BENEATH THE
PILE OF CONCRETE AND TWISTED
METAL.
>> THESE ARE THE BEST FIRST
RESPONDERS IN THE WORLD.
THESE ARE THE ONES THAT ARE SENT TO TROUBLE SPOTS.
TO TROUBLE SPOTS.
THEY HAVE BEEN TO 9/11.
THEY HAVE BEEN TO HAITI.
THEY HAVE BEEN WHEREVER THERE IS
A DISASTER. AND THEY ARE BRINGING THAT
AND THEY ARE BRINGING THAT
EXPERTISE TO BEAR RIGHT HERE.
FORTUNATELY THE FIRST RESPONDERS
THAT ARE OUT HERE HAVE NOT HAD TO DEAL WITH ANY OF THAT WEATHER
TO DEAL WITH ANY OF THAT WEATHER
THAT WE SAW YESTERDAY.
BUT THIS SMOKE, AND THE SPORADIC
FIRES THAT CONTINUE TO IGNITE
ARE THEIR CHALLENGE. TODAY WE DO EXPECT MORE
TODAY WE DO EXPECT MORE
EQUIPMENT TO BE ARRIVING HERE TO
ASSIST IN THE SEARCH EFFORTS.
100% OF THOSE EFFORTS NOW FOCUSED ON FINDING SURVIVORS.
FOCUSED ON FINDING SURVIVORS.
AT SOME POINT THE FOCUS WILL
HAVE TO SHIFT TO FIND OUT WHAT
EXACTLY CAUSED THIS BUILDING TO
COME DOWN. HE SAYS THE FAMILIES OF THE
HE SAYS THE FAMILIES OF THE
VICTIMS DESERVE TO KNOW THAT.
LOCAL 10 NEWS.
>> Nicole: SO MANY PEOPLE
WAITING FOR THAT ANSWER.
>> Calvin: CANINES ARE AMONG THE
SEARCH TEAMS WORKING AROUND THE CLOCK.
>> Nicole: AND INTERNATIONAL
HELP IS ALSO HERE.
JANINE STANWOOD IS LIVE WITH
THOSE EFFORTS, JANINE?
>> THAT’S RIGHT.
THERE’S A TEAM FROM MEXICO THAT IS HERE RIGHT NOW.
IS HERE RIGHT NOW.
I WANT TO SHOW YOU SOMETHING
THAT IS HAPPENING AS WE SPEAK.
THIS IS UR BABB SEARCH AND
RESCUE TASK FORCE TWO. THEY ARE EMPTIES THIS TRUCK FULL
THEY ARE EMPTIES THIS TRUCK FULL
OF THEIR OWN EQUIPMENT, SOME OF
THEIR OWN SUITCASES AND
GENERATORS.
ONE OF THEIR GOALS IS TO GO TO A
SCENE AND BE SELF-SUFFICIENT, SO THAT THEY CAN SEARCH AND RESCUE
THAT THEY CAN SEARCH AND RESCUE
OTHERS IN NEED.
>> AS ANOTHER NIGHT FALLS,
FINDING ANYONE ALIVE GROWS MORE DIFFICULT.
>> BUT THE GRUELING DELICATE AND
DANGEROUS WORK AMONG REBAR AND
CRUSHED CONCRETE CONTINUES.
>> THERE’S MULTIPLE HEAVY
EQUIPMENT, CRANES WE ARE BRINGING IN.
BRINGING IN.
DIFFERENT LARGER PIECES OF
EQUIPMENT TO HELP REMOVE THE
DEBRIS.
THIS IS A VERY STRATEGIC
PROCESS. >> MEMBERS OF THE ELITE URBAN
>> MEMBERS OF THE ELITE URBAN
SEARCH AND RESCUE TASK FORCE TWO
ACTIVATED ON THURSDAY, JOINING
THE EFFORTS TODAY. >> OUR ROLE IS TO ASSIST MIAMI
>> OUR ROLE IS TO ASSIST MIAMI
DADE FIRE RESCUE IN WHATEVER
OPERATIONS THEY NEED.
>> BEARE TAKING HEAVY RIGORS,
ANYBODY THAT WE HAVE TO MAKE
SAFE RESCUES.
>> THEY WERE BRIEFED AND
MEDICALLY CLEARED BEFORE BEING
ALLOWED TO GO ON THEIR MISSION. KAY NINES HAVE TO BE READY TOO.
KAY NINES HAVE TO BE READY TOO.
THEIR JOB IS TO SNIFF OUT ANYONE
WHO COULD BE ALIVE.
>> THEY CONTINUE TO BELIEVE THAT
THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT THEY CAN REACH.
GETTING THROUGH THE KREVH
VANCES, PUSHING THROUGH WALLS.
>> WE ARE LOOKING FOR AREAS OF
VOID.
POSSIBLE SURVIVABLE.
>> RISKY, YOU ARE DOWN THERE,
YOU ARE SERGING, YOU ARE
REACHING TRYING TO GET IN
THROUGH WALLS.
AND THERE’S CONCRETE AND OTHER
DEBRIS FALLING AROUND YOU.
IT IS SUCH A DANGEROUS JOB FOR
THESE FIRST RESPONDERS.
AGAIN, YOU ARE LOOKING LIVE AT
URBAN SEARCHER AND RESCUE TASK
FORCE FOO.
YOU KNOW IT IS SO INTERESTING WE
HAVE REPORTED ON WHERE THEY HAVE
GONE, THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY AS
WELL AS INTERNATIONALLY.
BUT NOW, THEY WILL BE CAMPING
OUT AND SELF-SUFFICIENT.
KIND OF MAKING THEIR OWN HOME
RIGHT HERE.
I SPOKE TO A FIREFIGHTER A
LITTLE BIT EARLIER TODAY, THAT
SAID ONE OF THE DIFFICULT THINGS
IS TO GO THROUGH THIS RUBBLE TO SEARCH FOR SURVIVORS WHILE
SEARCH FOR SURVIVORS WHILE
LOOKING AT THE SAME TIME AT
PICTURES FROM PEOPLE’S
APARTMENTS OF LOVED ONES AND
FAMILIES.
FOR THESE FIRST RESPONDERS, THIS
HITS CLOSE TO HOME. THIS IS HOME.
THIS IS HOME.
>> TAKES AN EMOTIONAL TOLL ON
EVERYONE.
>> Nicole: TIME IS PASSING BY
PAIN STAKINGLY SLOW FOR
FAMILIES.
ANXIOUSLY AWAITING NEWS AND
THEIR FRUSTRATION IS ALSO
GROWING.
LET’S GO TO LOCAL 10 LIVE NOW AT
THE REUNIFICATION CENTER. CHRISTIAN?
>> THIS IS WHERE MANY FAMILIES
ARE IN THEIR ROOMS HOPEFULLY
TRYING TO GET SOME REST. WE HAVE LEARNED THAT MANY
WE HAVE LEARNED THAT MANY
OFFICERS ARE HERE TO HELP
ADMINISTER RAPID D.N.A. TESTS. AS THEY ARE COLLECTING
AS THEY ARE COLLECTING
INFORMATION THAT CAN HELP
POTENTIALLY IFRY VICTIMS THAT
ARE PULLED FROM THE REASONABLE. BUT AS YOU SAID, SO MANY
BUT AS YOU SAID, SO MANY
FAMILIES STANDING BY AND GROWING
IN DESPERATION.
>> LOVED ONES ARRIVING TO THE
FAMILY REUNIFICATION CENTER,
THEY EMBRACE EACH OTHER. TRYING TO DEEP HOPE ALIVE.
TRYING TO DEEP HOPE ALIVE.
>> THIS IS SO TRAUMATIC.
>> SARIA IS GOING ON NEARLY TWO
DAYS WITH NO SLEEP.
HER HUSBAND AND HER
BROTHER-IN-LAW WERE IN UNIT
1101.
SHE BELIEVES THEY ARE STILL
ALIVE.
UNDER THE RUBBLE. BUT HER DESPERATION IS TURNING
BUT HER DESPERATION IS TURNING
INTO OUTRAGE.
>> NOT EVEN HAVE COMMUNICATION
WITH SOMEONE THAT CAN THEN
COMMUNICATE WITH PEOPLE. JUST TO BE LEFT WANDERS IF THEY
JUST TO BE LEFT WANDERS IF THEY
ARE DEAD ALIVE, KNOWING THEY ARE
HANGING ON WITH NO FOOD OR
WATER, CRUSHED FOR TWO DAYS
ALREADY.
>> TONIGHT A TEAM WITH THE ISRAELI CONSOLATE MEETING WITH
ISRAELI CONSOLATE MEETING WITH
THE FAMILIES ARRANGING TO SPEED
VISAS AND FLIGHTS FOR ISRAELI
CITIZENS, TO ARRIVE IN SOUTH FLORIDA AND WAIT TO LEARN THE
FLORIDA AND WAIT TO LEARN THE
FATE OF THE ONES THEY LOVE STILL
MISSING.
>> TO SEE THE AGONY, THE PAIN, THE WORRY.
THE WORRY.
AND WE SEE ALSO HOW HOPE,
SLOWLY -- I DON’T WANT TO SAY
DIMINISHES, BUT WE DO KNOW THE LONGER THE TIME TO RECOVER, THE
LONGER THE TIME TO RECOVER, THE
UNACCOUNTED FOR PERSONS THE
SMELTER CHANCES ARE.
>> AND AGAIN, SO MANY PEOPLE
UNACCOUNTED FOR WERE ALSO
HEARING FROM THE OFFICE OF FLORIDA SENATOR MARCO RUBIO.
FLORIDA SENATOR MARCO RUBIO.
ALSO ASSISTING SO MANY FAMILIES.
FROM OVERSEAS WITH THEIR VISAS
SO THEY CAN GET HERE AS SOON AS
POSSIBLE.
MANY OF THEM ARE STILL EN ROUTE AS WE SPEAK.
AS WE SPEAK.
BACK TO YOU.
>> Nicole: SO HOPEFUL FOR THOSE
FAMILIES.
>> Calvin: TONIGHT WE ARE
HEARING FROM SURVIVORS WHO
ESCAPED BEFORE THE BUILDING
COLLAPSED. >> Nicole: LOCAL 10 IS LIFE WITH
>> Nicole: LOCAL 10 IS LIFE WITH
ONE OF THE STORIES OEVER A WOMAN
WHO HAD TO CLIMB OVER CARS TO
GET OUT.
>> SO IMAGINE THAT YOU ARE FAST ASLEEP, YOU HEAR A RUMBLING AND
ASLEEP, YOU HEAR A RUMBLING AND
SHAKING.
YOU JUMP OUT OF BED, AND WHEN
YOU LOOK OUTSIDE YOU SEE THAT
PART OF YOUR BUILDING HAS
COLLAPSED.
WELL, THAT WAS THE REALITY FOR ONE WOMAN WE SPOKE WITH, AND SHE
ONE WOMAN WE SPOKE WITH, AND SHE
IS JUST GRATEFUL TO BE ALIVE.
>> I WAS ONE OF TWO, I THINK
THAT SURVIVED ON MY FLOOR. >> AS SHARON LAYED FAST ASLEEP.
>> AS SHARON LAYED FAST ASLEEP.
>> I START HEARDING A NOISE THAT
WAS A LITTLE UNUSUAL.
>> HER CONDO PARTIALLY
COLLAPSED.
>> IT FELT LIKE THE WHOLE
BUILDING WAS SHAKING.
>> SHE LOOKED OUTSIDE TO SEE WHAT WAS WRONG.
WHAT WAS WRONG.
>> I REALIZED, OH MY GOD,
WHERE’S THE BUILDING.
THERE’S NO BUILDING.
>> AND THEN QUICKLY GRABBED HER DOG AND RAN FOR SAFETY.
DOG AND RAN FOR SAFETY.
>> I LITERALLY WALKED OUT WITH
NOTHING.
>> SHARON TELLS ME SHE AND
OTHERS BEGAN RUNNING DOWN THE
ONLY AVAILABLE STAIRWELL, BUT
THEN THEY WERE FAIRED WITH RUBBLE.
>> WE WERE SCREAMING HELP, WE
ARE HERE, BANGING ON THE DOOR.
SHE TOLD ME SHE HAD TO CLIMB
THROUGH THE RUBBLE ON TOP OF
CARS TO GET OUT. >> IT WAS PITCH BLACK.
>> IT WAS PITCH BLACK.
WE ARE FINDING OUR WAY OUT UNTIL
WE GHETTO SOME LIGHT.
>> ONCE SHE GOT OUT.
>> IT IS LIKE MIKE, MIKE IS IN
THE BUILDING.
WHERE IS MIKE.
I CALLED HIM. >> ALL SHE COULD THINK OF WAS
>> ALL SHE COULD THINK OF WAS
HER NEIGHBOR WHOSE DIDN’T MAKE
IT OUT.
>> I FEEL LIKE I AM MOURNING
EVERY MINUTE.
>> SHARON OPERATES A MEDICARE
INSURANCE BUSINESS OUT OF HER APARTMENT.
THE BUILDING COLLAPSE SOD
QUICKLY THAT SHE WASN’T ABLE TO
GRAB HER PERSONAL ITEMS LIKE HER
PASSPORT AND DOCUMENTS FOR WORK. ALTHOUGH HER LIVELIHOOD IS GONE,
ALTHOUGH HER LIVELIHOOD IS GONE,
SHE IS GRATEFUL TO BE ALIVE.
>> I AM HOPING THERE’S A REASON
WHY I SURVIVED.
A BIGGER PICTURE. >> YOU HEARD THAT SURVIVOR,
>> YOU HEARD THAT SURVIVOR,
SAYING WHERE IS MIKE, SHE IS
TALKING ABOUT MICHAEL ALTMAN.
WE SPOKE WITH A WOMAN YESTERDAY
THAT ALSO KNOWS MICHAEL ALTMAN. THEY BOTH SAID THEY HAVE TEXTED
THEY BOTH SAID THEY HAVE TEXTED
HIM, CALLED HEDGE, AND CAN’T
FIND HIM.
AND THAT IS MANY OF THE STORIES
WE HAVE BEEN HEARING. >> IT IS SO INCREDIBLE TO HEAR
>> IT IS SO INCREDIBLE TO HEAR
THAT THEY WERE ABLE TO GET OUT.
ANOTHER FAMILY NARROWLY ESCAPING
TRAGEDY.
HE IS AND HIS FAMILY WERE AWAKE
ON THE 11TH FLOOR WHEN THE ENTIRE ROOM STARTED SHAKING
ENTIRE ROOM STARTED SHAKING
SHORTLY AFTER 1:00 A.M.
>> I LOOKED TO THE LEFT AND OUR
NEIGHBOR’S APARTMENT WAS CUT IN
HALF.
WHEN WE GOT TO THE STAIRWELL, WE
OPENED THE DOOR AND THAT’S WHEN IT REALLY HIT.
IT REALLY HIT.
THAT WE NEEDED TO MOVE, BECAUSE
HALF THE WALL WAS MISSING IN THE
STAIRWELL.
>> THE FAMILY SHOWING US THIS
PHOTO OF HOW CLOSE THEY WERE TO