911 recordings reveal panic and disbelief in Florida building collapse

911 recordings reveal panic and disbelief in Florida building collapse
Crews work in the rubble of the demolished section of the Champlain Towers South building (Rebecca Blackwell/AP)

Recordings of emergency calls after an oceanfront Florida apartment building collapsed in the middle of the night have revealed disbelief, panic and confusion as people tried to comprehend the disaster.

“Oh my God! The whole building collapsed!” one caller said to a dispatcher at the Miami-Dade Police Department, which released the recordings on Wednesday from the June 24 collapse of Champlain Towers South. The names of the callers were not released.

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