Rescue workers still hope to find survivors of the collapse of a large condominium building on an island community near Miami, Florida, on Thursday. Officials now say 10 people have died but more than 150 remain missing. Families of the missing have taken buses to an area nearby to watch the rescue effort, which includes using heavy equipment such as cranes. Rescue workers are using dogs and high technology devices in an effort to find people trapped in the wreckage and concrete. But, the search has been slowed by rain and a fire. “We have over 80 rescuers at a time that are breaching the walls that collapsed,” said Andy Alvarez on national television. He is a commander with Miami-Dade Fire Rescue. He said workers are looking in spaces left by the collapsed floors and walls. “We have been able to tunnel through the building.” “This is a frantic search to seek that hope, that miracle, to see who we can bring out of this building alive.” Alfredo Lopez lived with his wife on the sixth floor of the building. They escaped, but he said it was hard to believe that anyone could have survived the collapse. “If you saw what I saw: nothingness. And then, you go over there and you see, like, all the rubble. How can somebody survive that?” Lopez told the Associated Press. Rescuers are using tools such as a microwave radar device developed by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory and the Department of Homeland Security. The chief of the company that sells the device said it is able to “see” through up to 20 centimeters of solid concrete. It can also listen for human breathing and heartbeats. The collapse happened days before people living in the building were to start making payments toward a $9 million repair project. Three years earlier, a report had warned of major structural damage to the building which is in the island town of Surfside. Six to eight teams are searching the partially collapsed building at any given time. Hundreds of people are involved in the effort which started on Thursday and has not stopped since. Earl Tilton is a search-and-rescue expert from North Carolina. He warned that moving too fast without careful planning can be very dangerous for rescuers. “Moving the wrong piece of debris at the wrong time could cause it to fall” endangering workers, he said. Tilton added that there was still hope of finding people alive. He said rescuers have found survivors up to one week after a disaster.
Title: Rescuers Seek Survivors of Building Collapse Near Miami
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data-end-time='34583'>Families of the missing have taken buses to an area nearby to watch the rescue effort, which includes using heavy equipment such as cranes. </span> <span data-start-time='34583' data-end-time='45854'>Rescue workers are using dogs and high technology devices in an effort to find people trapped in the wreckage and concrete. </span> <span data-start-time='45854' data-end-time='51875'>But, the search has been slowed by rain and a fire.</span> <span data-start-time='51875' data-end-time='63583'>“We have over 80 rescuers at a time that are breaching the walls that collapsed,” said Andy Alvarez on national television. </span> <span data-start-time='63583' data-end-time='68646'>He is a commander with Miami-Dade Fire Rescue. </span> <span data-start-time='68646' data-end-time='76646'>He said workers are looking in spaces left by the collapsed floors and walls.</span> <span data-start-time='76646' data-end-time='81167'>“We have been able to tunnel through the building.”</span> <span data-start-time='81167' data-end-time='90896'>“This is a frantic search to seek that hope, that miracle, to see who we can bring out of this building alive.”</span> <span data-start-time='90896' data-end-time='96917'>Alfredo Lopez lived with his wife on the sixth floor of the building. </span> <span data-start-time='96917' data-end-time='106104'>They escaped, but he said it was hard to believe that anyone could have survived the collapse.</span> <span data-start-time='106104' data-end-time='109896'>“If you saw what I saw: nothingness. </span> <span data-start-time='109896' data-end-time='114771'>And then, you go over there and you see, like, all the rubble. </span> <span data-start-time='114771' data-end-time='120521'>How can somebody survive that?” Lopez told the Associated Press.</span> <span data-start-time='120521' data-end-time='132875'>Rescuers are using tools such as a microwave radar device developed by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory and the Department of Homeland Security. </span> <span data-start-time='132875' data-end-time='144854'>The chief of the company that sells the device said it is able to “see” through up to 20 centimeters of solid concrete. </span> <span data-start-time='144854' data-end-time='149813'>It can also listen for human breathing and heartbeats.</span> <span data-start-time='149813' data-end-time='161167'>The collapse happened days before people living in the building were to start making payments toward a $9 million repair project. </span> <span data-start-time='161167' data-end-time='172333'>Three years earlier, a report had warned of major structural damage to the building which is in the island town of Surfside.</span> <span data-start-time='172333' data-end-time='178729'>Six to eight teams are searching the partially collapsed building at any given time. </span> <span data-start-time='178729' data-end-time='187375'>Hundreds of people are involved in the effort which started on Thursday and has not stopped since.</span> <span data-start-time='187375' data-end-time='193854'>Earl Tilton is a search-and-rescue expert from North Carolina. </span> <span data-start-time='193854' data-end-time='203958'>He warned that moving too fast without careful planning can be very dangerous for rescuers.</span> <span data-start-time='203958' data-end-time='212875'>“Moving the wrong piece of debris at the wrong time could cause it to fall” endangering workers, he said.</span> <span data-start-time='212875' data-end-time='218354'>Tilton added that there was still hope of finding people alive. </span> <span data-start-time='218354' data-end-time='226104'>He said rescuers have found survivors up to one week after a disaster.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Pause' class='pause' 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