IT COULD BE A MIRACLE UNDER THE CONCRETE. THANK YOU FOR THAT REPORT.
>> FAMILIES ARE WAITING FOR
LOVED ONES AND HOLDING ON TO
HOPE.
NOW, OVER TO CHRISTIAN.
WHAT CAN YOU TELL US?
KRISTEN: WE TALK ABOUT HOPE.
IT IS A DIFFICULT STEP TO TELL.
WE HEAR FROM LOCAL ELECTED
OFFICIALS.
WE HEARD ABOUT THE EXPERTISE OF
THE SEARCH AND RESCUE AND
FIREFIGHTERS LOOKING FOR LIFE IN
THE RUBBLE.
THE ATMOSPHERE OUTSIDE THE
FAMILY REUNIFICATION CENTER AT
THIS HOTEL, THE GRAND BEACH
HOTEL AT COLLINS, A COUPLE
BLOCKS UP FROM THE COMMUNITY
CENTER, THE ATMOSPHERE IS HEAVY.
I DON’T MEAN TO SOUND FATALISTIC
OR NEGATIVE BUT YOU FEEL THE
FAMILIES ARE EMOTIONALLY
EXHAUSTED AND JUST STARTING TOES
THERE -- STARTING TO LOSE HOPE.
SOME FAMILIES ARE GRIPPING ON TO
WHATEVER HOPE THEY HAVE AND
FAMILIES ARE LOSING THEIR
PATIENCE.
THEIR DESPERATION IS TURNING
INTO OUTRAGE.
>> YOU LOVED ONES ARRIVING TO
THE MAKESHIFT REUNIFICATION
CENTER, TRYING TO KEEP HOME
ALIVE.
>> THIS IS TRAUMATIC.
>> SHE IS GOING ON 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.
HER DESPERATION IS TURNING TO
OUTAGE.
>> TO NOT HAVE A WAY OF
COMMUNICATION WITH SOMEONE WHO
CAN THEN COMMUNICATE WITH PEOPLE
LIKE GROUND ZERO AND TO BE LEFT
WONDERING IF THEY ARE DEAD AND
ALIVE AND KNOWING THEY ARE
HANGING ON WITH NO FOOD AND
WATER AND CRUSHED FOR TWO DAYS?
>> WE CAN ONLY IMAGINE WHAT THE
WOMAN AND HER FAMILY IS LIVING
THROUGH AND IT IS THE STORIES WE
HEAR OVER AND OVER AGAIN.
WE SPOKE EARLIER WITH THE
COUNSUL OF ISRAEL HERE IN MIAMI
WHO SHOWED UP WITH A TEAM TO
MEET WITH MANY OF THE FAMILIES
WE HAVE TIES TO ISRAEL TO TRY TO
ASSIST THEM IN ANY WAY, SHAPE OR
FORM AND SAID YESTERDAY THEY
WERE WORKING WITH FAMILIES IN
ISRAEL TRYING TO SPEED UP THEIR
VISAS AND THEIR FLIGHT
ARRANGEMENTS TO GET THEM HERE TO
SIT AND HOPE IN THE BEST.
>> DID YOU HAVE A CHANCE TO GO
INTO IS THE COMMUNITY CENTER?
YOU HAVE BEEN DOING A LOT OF
INTERVIEWS ON THE OUTSIDE.
THE MIAMI-DADE POLICE DIRECTOR
TACKED ABOUT THE REGISTRATION
PROCESS TO MAKE SURE THEY CAN
ACCOUNT FOR EVERYONE WHO MAY OR
MAY NOT HAVE BEEN IN THE
BUILDING.
WALK US THROUGH THAT PROCESS.
CHRISTIAN: THAT IS PART HOW THE
NUMBER, THE COUNTRY THED FOR,
HAS RISEN, FROM 99 TO OVER 150.
A REASON THEY MOVED FROM THE
COMMUNITY CENTER TO THE HOTEL
WAS TO BE ABLE TO HAVE MORE
SPACE TO PROCESS ALL OF THE
PEOPLE WHO UNTIL A COUPLE OF
HORSES AGO ARE STILL ARRIVING.
NEW FAMILY MEMBERS.
WHAT HAPPENS IS, THEY ARE
SHOWING UP HERE, THEY MEET WITH
A REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE
SEARCH-AND-RESCUE TEAM AND
PROVIDE ANY FORM OF INFORMATION
ABOUT THEIR LOVED ONE THAT THEY
ARE TRYING TO FIND FROM A FAME
TO A TATTOO TO ANY FORM OF SIGN
OR CHARACTERISTIC TO HELP
IDENTIFY THE LOVED ONE.
IN MAN CASES, THEY HAVE BEEN
OFFERING D.N.A. SAMPLES.
IT SOUNDS GRIM, WHEN AND IF A
BODY IS FOUND, THEY ARE ABLE TO
IDENTIFY THAT BED THROUGH D.N.A.
SAMPLE.
>> PART OF THAT LIST IS BECAUSE
SOME OWN THEIR CONDOS AND OTHERS
WERE RENTING, SOME WERE USED AS
AIRBNB AND SOME WERE ON VACATION
SO THERE ARE A LOT OF QUESTIONS
THAT ARE STILL BEING ASKED.