THANK YOU, ROY. WE HAVE OUR TEAM COVERAGE STILL TONIGHT FOR YOU RIGHT HERE ON
LOCAL 10.
NOW, TO OUR LOCAL TEN NEWS
REPORTER.
HERE TALKING ABOUT THE
SEARCH-AND-RESCUE MISSION, NOT
THE RECOVERY MISSION.
>> YES, THIS IS STILL BEING
CALLED A RESCUE MISSION.
WE ARE DOWNWIND FROM THE
BUILDING AND THE SMOKE IS SO
THICK, SO MANY OF US ARE WEARING
OUR MASKS FOR SAFETY.
ROY MENTIONED, HEAVY EQUIPMENT
IS COMING IN.
WE WERE TOLD BY THE MIAMI-DADE
FIRE CHIEF BIG CHILDRENS COMING
-- CRANES ARE COMING.
THEY LIFT NOT ONLY BIG PARTS OF
CONCRETE UP, IT IS SUCH A
DELICATE BALANCE TO BE ABLE TO
GET PIECE BY PIECE, THE CONCRETE
UP.
RIGHT NOW THEY ARE LOOKING FOR
AREAS WHERE SURVIVORS COULD BE.
>> ANOTHER NIGHT IS FALLING,
FINDING ANYONE ALIVES GROW MORE
DIFFICULT.
THE GRUELING DELICATE AND
DANGEROUS WORK AMONG THE REBAR
AND CRUSHED CONCRETE CONTINUES.
>> THERE IS MULTIPLE HEAVY
BRINGING IN TO HELP REMOVE THE
DEBRIS.
THIS IS A STRATEGY AND
METHODICAL PROCESS.
>> MEMBERS OF THE ELITE SEARCH
AND RESCUE TASK FORCE ACTIVATED
ON THURSDAY JOINING THE EFFORTS
ON THE GROUND TODAY.
>> WE ASSIST MIAMI-DADE FIRE AND
RESCUE.
>> WE TAKE K-9 HANDLERS,
ENGINEERS, RESCUE SPECIALIVES --
SPECIALISTS, ANYTHING WE HAVE TO
MAKE SAFE RESCUES.
>> THEY WERE BRIEFED AND CLEARED
BEFORE BEING ALLOWED TO GO ON
THE MISSION.
K-9S HAVE TO BE READY, TOO,
THEIR JOB HELPING TO SNIFF OUT
ANYONE WHO COULD STILL BE ALIVE.
>> SKILLED CREWS, COMPUTER
MODELED IN WORKING AROUND THE
WORLD, ARE NOW DEALING WITH THE
REALITY OF THEIR MISSION, RIGHT
HERE AT HOME.
>> IN WORDS TO DESCRIBE,
EVERYONE IS ANXIOUS TO GET OUT
THERE TO HELP THE MISSING
VICTIMS.
>> I UNDERSTAND THE FRUSTRATION.
WE ARE DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN.
>> THAT IS SMOKE.
DEBRIS.
BILL HING FROM THE BUILDING THE
AS WE PUSH OUT, THIS IS HARDING
AVENUE.
HARDING AVENUE, POLICE ARE
TRYING TO CLEAR PEOPLE FROM THE
STREET.
THEY ARE HAVING HEAVY MACHINERY
AND POLICE OFFICERS AND OTHER
PEOPLE TRYING TO COME THROUGH.
RIGHT OVER HERE TO THE LEFT YOU
CAN SEE THIS IS MIAMI-DADE FIRE
RESCUE, A RESCUE TRUCK TRYING TO
GET THROUGH.
AN ACTIVE SCENE.
AT LEAST RIGHT NOW, THE LAST FEW
HOURS IT HAS STAYED DRY.
THE FIREFIGHTERS ARE SAYING THE
RAIN IS NOT THEIR FRIEND.
IT MAKES IT SLIPPERY AND
DIFFICULT FOR THE FIRST
RESPONDERS ON TOP OF THE RUBBLE.
OBVIOUSLY IN THOSE WORKING
UNDERNEATH, FLOODING IS AN
ISSUE.
THEY DO NOT WANT WATER TO GET
INTO THE POTENTIAL VOIDS WHERE
POTENTIALLY VICTIMS COULD STILL
BE ALIVE.
WE TALKED ABOUT THIS.
IT IS KEEPING THEM GOING: THE
HOPE THAT MAYBE THEY CAN RESCUE
SOMEONE.
>> THEY ARE DEALING WITH SO
MUCH.
I MENTIONED EARLIER YOU TOLD US
HOW YOU BROUGHT YOUR MASKS BACK
OUT BECAUSE OF THE SMOKE AND
HAZE AND IT IS DUSTY.
WHAT IS IT LIKE, IT HAS BEEN
SEVERAL HOURS?
WHAT ARE THE CONDITIONS LIKE?
>>> IT IS SMOKY.
VERY SMOKY.
ON THE ADVICE OF A FIREFIGHTER
IS A SITUATION IF YOU ARE OUT IN
THIS A LOT AND THIS IS A DANGER
FIREFIGHTERS FACE ALL TIME, WHEN
THEY ARE DEALING WITH FIRES, NOT
HEALTHY TO BREEZE.
THAT IS WHY WE ARE MAKING THE
CHOICE TO WEAR THE MASKS.
RIGHT NOW, THERE IS A BREEZE.
WE ARE DOWNWIND.
AS I SHOWED YOU THE BUILDING IS
SMOKING AND DEBRIS AND A
COMBINATION.
IT IS VERY HAZY.
AND THE SMELL...
IS BURNING OUR EYES.
IMAGINE WE ARE 1 1/2 BLOCK AWAY.
IMAGINE THE FIRST RESPONDERS.
CALVIN: DID YOU HEAR THE MAYOR
TALK ABOUT WHY THEY STILL HAVE
HOPE?
AFTER EACH PASSING HOUR, HOPE IS
FADING.
THEY HAVE MADE PEACE WITH THE
FACT THEY MAY NOT SEE THEIR
LOVED ONES AGAIN BUT THE MAYOR
OF MIAMI-DADE TALKED WHY WE
SHOULD NOT GIVE UP SO QUICKLY.
>> I THINK IT IS TRUE.
WE HAVE SPOKEN TO FAMILY MEMBERS
WHO ARE TRYING TO, I DON’T KNOW
IF PEACE IS THE RIGHT WORD
TRYING TO DEAL WITH THE
POTENTIAL REALITY BUT THE TRUTH
IS, THERE ARE VETERAN
FIREFIGHTERS WOULD SAY THEY HAVE
BEEN AROUND THE WORLD AND THEY
HAVE DEALT WITH SITUATIONS MAYBE
NOT OF THIS MAGNITUDE BUT PRETTY
STUNNING CATASTROPHES AND THERE
HAVE BEEN GLIMMERS OF HOPE.
THAT IS WHY THEY ARE WORKING.
CALVIN: IT COULD BE DAYS THAT
SOMEONE COULD BE HOLDING ON.
IT COULD BE A MIRACLE UNDER THE