Fire officials are investigating a restaurant in Naples, Florida, after part of the building collapsed while people were inside.
"You just hope that there is somebody under there and they're hanging on, but as the hours go by, it becomes less and less possible," he said.
In a structural field service report from 2018, engineers pointed out the evidence of flooding, cracking and corrosion in the building.
Champlain Tower South, a 12-story residential condo in the beachside town of Surfside, has 136 units, and 55 have collapsed.
"He was sticking his hand up .... through the debris. And I could see his hand and his fingers wiggling," Nicholas Balboa said.
Do you live in a building of multiple stories? While the Florida high-rise collapse is jarring, experts say instances like those are rare.