ANGLE OF THE TRAGEDY WITH THE BIG QUESTION: HOW COULD THIS HAVE HAPPENED?
LOVED ONES ARE HOPING AND
PRAYING FOR GOOD NEWS AS CREWS
CARRY OUT THE RESCUE MISSION AT
SITE OF THE COLLAPSE.
>> OUR COVERAGE STARTS WITH A
LIVE REPORT FROM THE SCENE.
ROY: WE ARE STANDING A BLOCK
AWAY FROM THE CHAMPLAIN TOWER
SOUTH THAT PARTLY COLLAPSED.
YOU CAN SEE THE HEAVY PLUME OF
SMOKE.
THE FIRE RESCUE CREWS ARE
DEALING WITH THE WEATHER.
WHEN THAT SUBSIDES THEY ARE
DEALING WITH WHAT YOU ARE
LOOKING AT RIGHT HERE BEHIND ME.
PORTIONS OF THE BUILDING
IGNITING IN FIRE AND THEY ARE
FOCUSING THEIR ATTENTION ON
PUTTING THE FIRE OUT BEFORE THEY
CAN CONTINUE THE SEARCH AND
RESCUE EFFORTS.
AS THIS IS GOING ON, HEAVY
MACHINERY AND NOW COMING IN TO
HELP IN THE SEARCH EFFORTS.
WE ARE SEEING THE COMMUNITY
COMING TOGETHER IN THE MIDST OF
THE CRISIS.
HOPEFUL THAT PEOPLE WILL BE
FOUND ALIVE.
>> WITH MORE THAN 24 HOURS THAT
HAVE PASSED AND A SEARCH
CONTINUING FOR SURVIVORS
BELIEVED TRAPPED BENEATH THE
RUBBLE, A SIGN OF HOPE.
>> I SAW THEM LOOKING OVER AND
IF THERE IS HOVERING, THERE ARE
NOISES THAT IS HOPE.
>> MEMORIAL WITH FLOWERS AND
PICTURES OF LOVED ONES WHO LOST
THEIR LIVES AND OTHERS MISSING,
GROWING A BLOCK AWAY FROM THE
COLLAPSE.
>> WE ARE THINKING OF THE TEN
SECONDS, DID THEY REACH OVER TO
THEIR LOVED ONE, THEIR
GRANDMOTHER, SON, ANYONE, SAY I
LOVE YOU, THIS IS IT?
>> SEARCH AND RESCUE WITH
MIAMI-DADE DADE FIRE PERSISTING
IN EFFORTS WORKING
AROUND-THE-CLOCK SIFTING THROUGH
DEBRIS BY HAND AND TUNNELING
THROUGH THE DESTRUCTION.
>> IT COULD BE YOUR MOM.
YOUR SISTER.
ANYONE.
ANYONE YOU LOVE.
>> LEO IS SEARCHING IF HIS
FRIENDS, A YOUNG COUPLE WITH
THEIR ENTIRE LIVES AHEAD OF
>> THEY WERE GROWING UP TOGETHER
AND THEIR KIDS WOULD HAVE KIDS
AND IT ENDED IN SECONDS.
>> MANY IMPACTED AND THOSE WHO
DID NOT KNOW ANYONE IN THE
TOWER, HE IS OVERWHELMED WITH
EMOTION BUT HOPEFUL THIS
MEMORIAL WILL BRING THAT: HOPE.
HOPE THAT HIS FRIENDS AND OTHERS
ARE FOUND ALIVE.
BUT WITH EACH PASSING HOUR THE
TOLL RISES AND SO DOES THE
NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO LOVED ONES
HAVE TO HEAR FROM.
THOSE UNACCOUNTED FOR AT 159
PEOPLE.
>> FIRST RESPONDERS ARE GOING
THROUGH TUNNELS AND WORKING FROM
THE TOP, FROM THE BOTTOM.
IT AS TO BE DONE VERY
CAREFULLY.
THEY CANNOT DISLODGE DEBRIS THAT
COULD INJURE THEM IN THE
PROCESS.
>> NEIGHBORS AND RELATIVES
WATCHING.
CREWS ARE WORKING THROUGH THE
RAIN.
AND SMOKE.
NOW THEY ARE FIGHTING FIRES THAT
ARE IGNITING BELOW THE PILE OF
CONCRETE AND TWISTED METAL.
>> THESE ARE THE BEST FIRST
RESPONDERS IN THE WORLD, THOSE
THAT ARE SENT TO TROUBLE SPOTS.
THEY HAVE BEEN TO 9-1-1, THEY
HAVE BEEN TO HAITI, THEY HAVE
BEEN WHEREVER THERE IS A
DISASTER.
THEY ARE BRINGING THAT EXPERTISE
RIGHT HERE.
>> YOU CAN SEE THE EXPERTISE OF
THE FIRST RESPONDERS AS THEY
STAND ON THE TOP OF THE PILE OF
RUBBLE.
YOU CAN SEE THEM THROUGH THE
OBSCURITY OF THE SMOKE.
IT IS JUST PLUMING FROM A STORY
THAT IS BACK ON FIRE.
>> THE MEDICAL EXAMINER
IDENTIFIED THREE OF THE FOUR
PEOPLE WHO HAVE DIED.
YOU MAY HAVE HEARD EARLIER, ONE
OF THE PERSONS TAKEN TO THE
HOSPITAL DID LOSE HIS LIFE.
AFTER THE INJURIES.
AND AFTER BEING TRANSPORTED, I
SHOULD SAY, TO THE HOSPITAL.
>> WE WILL FOLLOW THE SITUATION.
WE HEARD FROM Governor
DeSantis.
HE SAID THEY ARE GRATEFUL FOR
ALL OF THE CHARITIES THAT HAVE
COME FORWARD.
THEY WILL STILL BE RECEIVING
ASSISTANCE FROM FEMA FOR THE
FAMILIES THAT HAVE BEEN
DISPLACED AND THOSE WHAT NOW ARE
WAITING TO HEAR ABOUT THEIR