to your right is an aerial view from ralph rayburn. i want to go back to ralph. ralph, have we seen any movement from the crane or the attempt to remove the large slabs of concrete? >> no, that won't be happening for a while. they're trying to assess the damages from the standpoint of initially, lynn, it's search and rescue. the term they use, "search and rescue" and then it's search and recovery after they determine they can't render any aid. at this point, they're focusing on several small sections of what would be the westbound road at 108th and ninth avenue. they're using several listening devices provided by the technical rescue team there. >> shepard: we've been -- shepard smith in new york. we're listening to ralph rayburn in the chopper there. we have a number of different news organizations with whom we work there. the picture is worse than the pictures tell. there's multiple witnesses to this that have reported to local news organizations, abc news and the "miami herald" and others, in the early going when you could still see the dust rising from the co

let's listen. >> ralph rayburn said he was advised to stay away. all air traffic in the area was advised to stay away so rescue workers could use the listening devices when they have a catastrophic event like this to listen for my potential sounds of life. that is the key right now, finding anybody that may be trapped and somehow getting them out of there. the large crane at the top of our screen right now, ralph, it's unclear if they're going to use that to lift the concrete off these vehicles right now. hold on. the "miami herald" is reporting that our governor, rick scott, called miami-dade police director to talk about the chaps. this is news that made its way to tallahassee, again, we're calling it a catastrophic event. you can see it is. ralph, let's talk about the crane and what you see. >> well, we understand that they have asked the crane to move forward and be in a stand-by position. the oic stands for officer in charge, has just arrived on the scene for the technical rescue group. they're talking with construction workers. that's on the