Specially trained dogs provided by the Federal Emergency Management Agency were assisting in the demanding, meticulous search. A power shovel plucked debris from a corner of the building and dropped it on Franklin Street. When an area had been cleared and deemed safe, the dogs and their handlers were sent in. Firefighters sifted through the charred wood and broken pipe with axes, hooks and shovels, looking for anything that might lead to the location of a body. Dennis Dolan, head of the department's recovery effort, his face smudged with soot, his glasses speckled with dust.
Fires still burn in the building.
We're working as fast as we can. No fire official would estimate how long it might take. As the effort proceeded, video cameras were being used to search sections of the building too small for people to enter. Floors are on top of one another. There are burnt timbers and twisted metal all over the place.