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Anderson Cooper 360

Miami-Dade Police: 99 people still unaccounted for in condo collapse

Anderson Cooper 360

CNN

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3.73.8K Ratings

🗓️ 25 June 2021

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

An intense search and rescue effort will continue through the night as nearly 100 people remain unaccounted for after a 12-story condo building collapsed in Surfside, Florida. Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava said at least one person has died and the cause of the collapse is still unknown. Kevin Spiegel’s wife, Judy Spiegel, is one of the missing. He tells Anderson Cooper his family has “a lot of hope that Judy is still alive” and she’s an “amazing person.” Plus, President Biden says “we have a deal” on infrastructure with a bipartisan group of senators. It’s still unclear if the bill will have enough support from GOP senators or progressive lawmakers for it to be signed into law. Independent Sen. Bernie Sanders joins AC360 to discuss what he thinks of the deal.   Airdate: June 24, 2021   Guests: Josh Spiegel Sen. Bernie Sanders   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

Good evening. We're waiting for briefing expected shortly from officials in

0:04.5

Surfside, Florida where at least 99 people are still unaccounted for after

0:09.1

parts of the 12th story of apartment building collapsed in the early hours of

0:12.6

this morning. Surveillance video you see captured the moment is one section

0:17.0

then the next at Champlain Tower South about 55 units in all came down. This was

0:23.5

about 130 in the morning. Crews have been on the scene almost ever since.

0:47.9

So far they've only managed to find a precious few survivors. We know from

0:51.8

experience that people can manage to endure for days under the right

0:54.7

conditions if they're trapped in the rubble. We also know officials are

0:58.3

warning the situation could get very grim as the hours unfold and as I said

1:02.2

we are waiting press conference from officials any moment. Our Randy K is

1:06.4

there for us tonight. Anderson's still 99 people unaccounted for but

1:13.7

rescuers are not giving up hope they've been at it now about 18 hours at

1:18.2

one point today they were working in the parking garage underneath that

1:21.8

collapsed building. Now they have some teams actually on top of that pile of

1:26.0

rubble going through it looking for survivors but certainly it has not been

1:30.4

easy. There were some heavy rains here earlier today and every time that

1:34.1

building shifts it has the potential for some small fires. We saw one of those

1:37.9

earlier today but rescuer say Anderson they will work through the night. In a

1:45.0

matter of moments a huge chunk of the Champlain Tower South in Surfside Florida

1:49.6

collapses into a cloud of dust. This video appears to show what happened at about

1:54.3

one thirty in the morning as residents slept. You don't see buildings falling

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