FRUSTRATING AS I UNDERSTAND FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE LOOKING FOR THEIR LOVED ONES.
THEY JUST WANT THE PROCESS TO
HAPPEN FASTER.
>> SPEAKING OF THE PROCESS
LET’S GO TO ALEX FINNEY
STANDING BY.
TO TALK ABOUT THE SEARCH AND
RESCUE TAKING PLACE.
ALEX?
>> CALVIN AND NICOLE MIAMI-DADE
MAYOR SAID IT BEST DURING THE
PRESSER.
SHE SAID IT’S BEEN AN
EXTRAORDINARY DAY AND HALF.
DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT NO
ONE THOUGHT THEY WOULD WAKE UP
TO THURSDAY MORNING.
BUT HERE WE ARE.
ON THAT NOTE I FINISHED
SPEAKING WITH SOMEONE VERY
CLOSE TO A VICTIM IN THE CASE.
JUST CALLING, ASKING IF I KNOW
ANYTHING.
IF WE KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THEIR
LOVED ONE.
SADLY, I HAD TO SAY I DON’T.
AND TRY TO PUSH HER IN THE
DIRECTION WHERE SHE NEEDED TO
GO.
SHE IS ONE PERSON OF MANY
PEOPLE HERE THAT ARE STILL
SEARCHING FOR THOSE ANSWERS.
ONE THING WE HEARD THE GOVERNOR
TALK ABOUT A LITTLE WHILE AGO
AS WELL AS THE MAYOR, THEY ARE
DOING EVERYTHING THEY CAN.
EMERGENCY CREWS OUT HERE.
THEY’VE BEEN OUT HERE AROUND
THE CLOCK WE HEARD AMY SAYING
THAT.
THEY DOING EVERYTHING THEY
POSSIBLY CAN TO BRING SOME TYPE
OF ANSWERS TO THOSE WHO HAVE
BEEN WAITING FOR SO MANY HOURS
AT THIS POINT.
>> SEARCH AND RESCUE OPERATIONS
ARE STILL UNDERWAY.
>> WHEN TRAGEDY STRIKES, IT’S A
VERY DIFFICULT THING IN ANY
CIRCUMSTANCES, SPEAKING WITH A
LOT OF THE FAMILY MEMBERS, WHEN
THEY ARE UNACCOUNTED FOR, IT’S
REALLY DIFFICULT THING.
THEY JUST ARE NO.
>> ADDITIONAL RESOURCES FROM
pFEMA HAVE BEEN BROUGHT AND PAID
130 FIREFIGHTERS ARE CURRENTLY
IN OPERATION.
>> THE NUMBERS ARE CONSTANTLY
CHANGING.
AS IS THE SITUATION OUT HERE ON
THE SCENE.
>> IT HAS TO BE DONE VERY, VERY
CAREFULLY.
THEY CANNOT JUST DISLODGE
PIECES OF DEBRIS THAT COULD
INJURE THEM.
IN THE PROCESS BUT THE CAMP
DISLODGE DEBRIS THAT COULD
POSSIBLY MAKE IT MORE DIFFICULT
TO CONTINUE THE SEARCH.
>> HERE’S THE FOCUS RIGHT NOW.
AT THE CHAMPLAIN TOWERS.
HEAVY MACHINERY BEEN PORTED TO
HELP REMOVE DEBRIS FROM ABOVE.
THEN FROM BELOW A VERY DELICATE
PROCESS AS CREWS USE LIGHT
MACHINERY AND LISTEN FOR ANY
TYPE OF SOUND.
>> ASSISTANT CHIEF ÃCLARIFYING
WHAT THAT COULD BE.
AND WHAT IT MEANS.
>> AS WE PLACE THOSE DEVICES TO
LOOK FOR BOYD TO LOOK FOR
ADDITIONAL VICTIMS.
WE ARE LOOKING LISTENING FOR
SOUND.
SPECIFICALLY HUMAN SOUNDS
PRETTY COULD BE TAPPING.
IT COULD BE STEEL YOU KNOW KIND
OF TWISTING.
IT COULD BE SOME OF THE DEBRIS
RAINING DOWN.
>> THE CONCENTRATION STAYS IN
THOSE AREAS.
UTILIZING DEVICES, CANINES,
PERSONNEL.
ALL RESOURCES HAVE SHIFTED TO
THE RUBBLE.
>> THEY ARE TOTALLY MOTIVATED
TO FIND PEOPLE.
THEY HAVE TO BE PULLED OFF THE
SHIFT.
THAT’S HOW MOTIVATED THEY ARE
TO CONTINUE THE EFFORTS.
>> ONE SAYING FOR SURE SO MANY
OF US CAN UNDERSTAND IS THESE
FAMILIES, LOVED ONES, THEY ARE
ON EDGE.
THERE WAITING.
THEY ARE SAYING WE NEED
ANSWERS.
WE NEED THEM QUICKER.
WE CAN ALL UNDERSTAND THAT.
I’M SURE MANY OF US WOULD BE IN
THE SAME POSITION IF THIS WERE
US.
HERE’S THE THING THE MAYOR DID
SAY.
THEY ARE UPDATING THE FAMILY,
PROVIDING UPDATES TO THEM EVERY
FOUR HOURS ON THE SEARCH AND
RESCUE EFFORTS.
THEY GOING TO BE DOING THAT
ROLLING TO THE EVENING ALL THE
WAY UNTIL THEY HAVE DISCOVERED
EXACTLY WHAT THIS CAUSE IS A
MAKE SURE OF COURSE THAT
EVERYONE IS ACCOUNTED FOR IN
THIS INSTANCE.
WE STILL HAVE 159 PEOPLE AND WE
JUST DON’T KNOW AT THIS POINT.
CALVIN AND NICOLE?
>> I THOUGHT IT WAS A GOOD
POINT ALEX THAT THE MAYOR MADE.
THE 159 AND NOT NECESSARILY
PEOPLE WHO ARE MISSING.
AND MAYBE IN THE RUBBLE.
THEY 159 PEOPLE WERE JUST
UNACCOUNTED FOR BECAUSE THEY
HAVE NOT YET CHECKED IN WITH
THE FAMILY.
IT MAY BE HARD TO CONTACT.
THEY MAY BE OVERSEAS.
>> THAT’S A REALLY GOOD POINT
CALVIN.
THAT’S WHAT WE HAVE BEEN
STRESSING THESE NUMBERS ARE
CONSTANTLY CHANGING.
CERTAINLY WHEN FAMILY MEMBERS,
FRIENDS, LOVED ONES GETTING
CONTACT OF COURSE THOSE NUMBERS
CHANGE AS WELL.
IT’S REALLY IMPORTANT POINT
THAT WE WANT TO STRESS TO OUR
VIEWERS AS WELL.