DEGREES. A AND WATCH RADAR AND GIVE YOU A HEADS UP IF WE SEE STORMS
COME OUR WAY.
>> Nicole: BRANDON, THANK YOU
FOR THAT.
>> Calvin: TALK OF THE
STRUCTURE AND INTEGRITY OF EACH
BUILDING IN THE CHAP PLAIN
TOWERS AND ALL THE BUILDINGS
BEHIND IT.
CHECK IN WITH ANDREW PEREZ HA
HO HAS BEEN LOOKING INTO THAT.
THE SISTER BUILDING OF THE
CHAMPLAIN TOWERS.
ADREW.
>> Andrew: CALVIN AND NICOLE,
SO MANY MOVING PARTS.
ON ONE HAND THE SEARCH AND
RESCUE THE PRIMARY FOCUS AND IT
IS ALSO INCREDIBLY HOT OUTSIDE.
AND YOU CAN IMAGINE WHAT THE
FIRST RESPONDER, THOSE CREWS
ARE DEALING WITH.
THE INVESTIGATION HAS BEGUN WHY
THE BUILDING ITSELF COLLAPSED
THE WAY IT DID.
AND ON TOP OF THAT, CREWS ARE
ALSO HAVING TO START A SEPARATE
INVESTIGATION INTO OTHER
BUILDINGS SPECIFICALLY IN THIS
AREA.
AND ALSO THE BROADER
IMPLICATIONS OF BUILDINGS IN
GENERAL.
I WANT TO CHECK OUT OF THE WAY
AND TAKE LOOK RIGHT DOWN THE
STREET JUST BEYOND THAT SECOND
PERIMETER THAT IS THE REMAINING
STANDING STRUCTURE OF THE
BUILDING THAT COLLAPSED.
CHAMPLAIN TOWERS.
HERE IS THE THING.
CHAMPLAIN TOWERS ALSO HAVE A
SISTER BUILDING, A TWIN SISTER
BUILDING.
CHAMPLAIN TOWERS NORTH.
SAME DESIGN.
SAME STRUCTURE.
EVEN DIFFERENT VERSIONS OF THAT
SAME BUILDING THAT HAVE BUILT
OUT HERE OVER THE YEARS AS
WELL.
JUST OFF THE BEACH.
LOCAL LEADERS SAYING FRANKLY,
THEY CAN’T KNOW FOR SURE IF IT
IS SAFE.
VERY POINT-BLANK ABOUT THAT.
AND THE MAYOR OF SURFSIDE SAID
I CAN’T TELL YOU IF IT IS SAFE
TO STAY IN THOSE SPECIFIC
BUILDINGS.
THEY ARE CONSIDERING EVACUATING
EVERYBODY FROM THOSE BUILDINGS
TO TAKE A MORE IN-DEPTH LOOK
WHAT IS GOING ON STRUCTURALLY.
>> IF THIS DOESN’T HAPPEN IN
THE UNITED STATES BUILDINGS
DON’T COLLAPSE.
>> Reporter: HE LIVES IN
CHAMPLAIN TOWER EAST, A SISTER
BUILDING TO THE ONE THAT
COLLAPSED ON THURSDAY.
HE NOTICED DAMAGE TO HIS
STRUCTURE THAT IS RAISING SOME
RED FLAGS.
>> WHAT I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO
SEE THE STRUCTURAL ENGINEERS
HERE JUST TO TAKE A STEP DOWN
TO OUR BUILDING AND JUST TO
LOOK.
IT IS NOT THAT FAR.
THE CONCERN IS THAT THERE WAS A
BIG SHAKE -- THERE WAS -- THERE
WAS A DISRUPTION THAT JUST
OCCURRED, I MEAN THE BUILDING
WENT DOWN.
IT WAS BUILT AT THE SAME TIME
WITH THE SAME DESIGNER.
>> Reporter: GOVERNOR RON
DeSANTIS IN TOWN SPEAKING OF
THAT VERY ISSUE AS WELL.
THE TRAGEDY IN SURFSIDE
BRINGING UP A WHOLE HOST OF
PROBLEMS WITH BUILDINGS,
STABILITY AND CODE ENFORCEMENT
RULES.
AS WE WORK TO DETERMINE WHY
THIS BUILDING COLLAPSED,
CONVERSATIONS ARE BEING HAD TO
CHANGE UP CODE AND FOR NOW,
POSSIBLY EVACUATION OTHER
BUILDINGS AND.
>> AND THEY ARE LOOKING AT THAT
LOOKING AT EVACUATING HELP THEM
AND SOMETHING THAT THE MAYOR
WILL MAKE A CALL ON.
NO INDICATION IF THERE ARE
PROBLEMS WITH THE BUILDING AND
GIVEN THE SIMILARITIES AND
DIFFERENT THE SAME AGE WE THINK
THAT MAY BE SOMETHING AND MAY
BE AN ANNOUNCEMENT ON THAT
TODAY.
>> Reporter: SO THE MOST
IMMEDIATE CONCERN AGAIN IS FOR
CHAMPLAIN TOWER NORTH THE TWIN
SISTER BUILDING TO THE
CHAMPLAIN TOWER THAT ACTUALLY
COLLAPSED.
RESIDENTS IN THE SOUTH TOWER
MAY BE EVACUATE $OUT AN
ABUNDANCE OF CAUTION.
CREWS ARE AROUND TO INSPECT THE
BUILDING BUT THEY NEED TO GET
BACK IN THERE WITH SOMETHING
MORE THOROUGH WITH A VARIETY OF
ENGINEERS TO LOOK AT BONES OF
THAT BUILDING.
A MORE IN-DEPTH INSPECTION.
JUST LIKE HURRICANE ANDREW AND
MAJOR TRAGEDIES AND EVENTS OF
THE PAST, IT WILL CHANGE THE
LANDSCAPE OF CONSTRUCTION AND
BUILDING AND THE WAY THINGS ARE
DONE IN SOUTH FLORIDA OPINION.
THAT IS THE LATEST IN SURFSIDE,
ANDREW PEREZ, SEND IT BACK TO
YOU.
>> Calvin: SOMETHING CAN HE
TALKED TO CHRISTINA ABOUT.
THE ISSUE THAT SO MANY PEOPLE
ARE FEELING THIS FEAR AS A
RESULT OF WHAT HAPPENED TO THE
CHAMPLAIN TOWERS AND A VERY
UNDERSTANDABLE FEAR THAT THEIR
BUILDING MAY END UP LIKE THE
CHAMPLAIN TOWERS BUT SOME
ENGINEERS IS SOMEWHAT OF AN
OUTLIER.
>> Andrew: THE OTHER THING TO
TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION AS WELL
IS THE EMOTIONAL TOLL.
THEY HEARD THE SHAKING, THE
RUBBLE, THE PEOPLE SCREAMING.
THEY SAW ALL OF THAT FIRST
HND, AND OVER TO THE BUILDING,
SEE DAMAGE TO THE WALLS AND
FOUNDATION.
AND THE GOVERNOR DOESN’T KNOW
IF ANYTHING IS WRONG WITH
CHAMPLAIN TOWER NORTH.
THE DESIGN IS THE SAME BECAUSE
THE ATURE IS THE SAME AND
SOMETHING TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT
AND YOU WANT TO UNDERSTAND WHY
RESIDENTS ARE CONCERNED.
>> Nicole: I AM SURE THEY ARE
ALSO HEARING THE COMPLAINTS AND
SOME OF THE RESIDENTS.
WE HEARD HELP THEM SAY TO SOME
OF THE REPORTERS THE CRACKS,
THE SHAKING, THE -- I -- I READ
AN ACCOUNT WHERE A COUPLE SAID
THEY HAD SMELLED TAR FROM THE
ROOF WORK BEING DONE.
ALL OF THAT WILL COME INTO PLAY
WHEN THEY DO THE INVESTIGATION
WHICH WILL TAKE A VERY LONG
TIME, ANDREW.
>> Andrew: THAT INVESTIGATION
KEEP IN MIND, NICOLE, THAT IS A
TOTALLY DIFFERENT
INVESTIGATION.
WHY THE BUILDING THAT COLLAPSED
CAME DOWN AND HOW IT CAME DOWN
THE WAY THAT IT DID.
TAKE A LOOK.
THE VERY LARGE SCENE.
SO MANY BLOCKS AND STREETS JUST
BLOCKED OFF, A, TO MAKE ROOM
FOR ALL THE CREWS AND THE
DIFFERENT TIMES OF ENGINEERS
AND THE RESCUE CREWS.
SO THEY HAVE ENOUGH SPACE TO
WORK.
LOOK AT THE AREA OF THE GROUND
AND THE BONES OF THESE ACTUAL
BUILDINGS.
WE DO KNOW THAT THE BUILDING
INSPECTOR HERE IN SURFSIDE SAID
THAT AS WE ALL KNOW, THERE IS
SOME WORK BEING DONE TO THE
ROOF OF THE CHAMPLAIN TOWER
THAT COLLAPSED AND TALK THERE
MAY BE MATERIALS THAT ARE LEFT
ON THE ROOF, BUT THEY ARE
SAYING EVEN WITH THAT, THERE IS
NOTHING UNUSUAL.
NO -- NO UNUSUAL AMOUNT OF
MATERIAL ON THAT ROOF TO CAUSE
THIS CATASTROPHIC COLLAPSE THAT
WE SAW.
>> Nicole: ANDREW, ACTUALLY
WHEN YOU CAMERA PANNED DOWN A
LITTLE BIT.
CAN YOU GIVE US A PERSPECTIVE
OF WHERE YOUR.
THE SISTER BUILDING TO WHERE
THE TOWER COLLAPSED.
WHERE YOU ARE AND CAN YOU GIVE
US AN UPDATE ON ROAD CLOSURE AS
SOON AS BECAUSE I KNOW IT IS
NOT THE BIG STORY HERE, BUT
PART OF THE STORY AND OTHER
PEOPLE AROUND THE AREA AND I
KNOW THAT OFFICIALS HAD CLOSED
OFF MORE STREETS TO ALLOW FOR
HEAVIER EQUIPMENT.
CAN YOU GIVE US -- CAN YOU GIVE
US A VIEW OF THAT?
>> ABSOLUTELY.
I JUST LET OUR VIEWERS KNOW
RIGHT OFF THE BAT THIS IS A
VERY FLUID SITUATION.
WE WERE MUCH CLOSER TO THIS
BUILDING JUST YESTERDAY AND
EVEN CLOSER TO THAT THE DAY
BEFORE.
SO AS MORE CREWS COME IN, THE
LANDSCAPE OUT HERE IN TERMS OF
ROAD CLOSURES HAS KIND OF
CHANGED.
WE ARE AT COLLINS AVENUE AND
SURFSIDE.
91st STREET.
THE INTERSECTION DOWN HERE.
THEY ARE JUST KEEPING THAT