These are just a few of the items found by the search teams at the site of the collapsed Surfside, Florida, condo building that drove home the immensity of what they were doing, one crew member said. The crews at the site work 12-hour shifts, many sleeping in tents nearby instead of going home. And while the physical work in the South Florida heat can be grueling, the mental toll can be just as great. "I feel like I'm physically digging, but I'm also emotionally digging for more strength to continue," Chief Nichole Notte of the Florida Task Force 2 told CNN. And then the enormity of the task pushes her on.

Source: CNN July 12, 2021 03:56 UTC