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Laura Coates Live

Desperate Search for Survivors Stretches into Second Night

Laura Coates Live

CNN

News

3.92.5K Ratings

🗓️ 26 June 2021

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

Chris delivers the latest from Surfside, FL as officials continue to search for survivors following the collapse of a condominium building on Thursday.  To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Appreciate it. Thank you very much. Of course, I am Chris Cuomo and welcome to Prime Time. It's good to be with you brother as always

0:05.7

We are live in Surfside Florida tonight continuing our coverage

0:09.4

Look these are people dealing with the agony of the unknown this community has come together

0:14.3

But there is a lot of hurt here

0:16.6

And it doesn't stop at the site

0:19.8

Over my shoulder what's happening there is unlike anything I've ever seen in this country before except for 9-11

0:26.0

That was a little different circumstances precipitated that the scale was very different

0:30.4

I just got the privilege of a walk through with the site and I watched every aspect of the operation

0:36.6

That is happening and there are a few things that are important to say right off the top now about 48 hours in

0:42.4

The idea that there are not resources here is

0:46.5

Observed the idea that this is not work that's moving quickly is

0:50.6

Demontrably false this work by its nature is methodical there are people who could be alive and the faster that you move

0:59.0

Materials the better a chance that you hurt or disrupt whatever is underneath it

1:03.2

They have two active fires going on in that site the men and women are working on top of one of them

1:10.5

Okay, you will see video and pictures of this now

1:13.5

I wanted to start with this picture because of this significance in the eeriness of this

1:17.7

The last time I saw an image like that was 9-11 when our first responders were standing on

1:23.2

the

1:24.5

Buildings what had been the trade centers and they were working through smoke that is so accurate that is so choking

1:31.3

And they worked tirelessly

1:33.9

Because they wanted to find who was there and give answers to the families and it's happening once again

1:40.5

Here in Florida right now those men and women are working on top of an active burn

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