. >> reporter: besides ginger pastorrelli, there are others here helping the rescuers, looking for any survivors in that debris. grief counselors who are on hand for crews, some who have been working for days who are not only physically exhausted but emotionally exhausted. grief counselors are on hand to help process their feelings. >> you mentioned the resources available, but are officials reluctant from calling this a rescue mission and calling it a recovery effort? >> reporter: well, that's right. they're still treating this as a rescue operation. bulldozers, backhoes, that sort of thing. they're holding off. they're not using that instead. they're using shovels and even their bare hands to dig through that debris looking for any signs of life. officials acknowledge its pretty slim at this point it's been several days since last said since they have found anyone alive. >> joining us from arlington, washington, thank you for being with us this morning. >>> a powerful earthquake followed by a hundred aftershocks rattled southern california late last night. the magnitude 5. 5.2 center