THE SEARCH OF THE COLLAPSED MIXED-USE BUILDING resumes today at 8 am.  The two people who were missing yesterday have both been recovered.  One man was found trapped but relatively unhurt just before 6 pm Wednesday evening.

The second worker who was the man that had been listed as “unaccounted for” was found dead in the rubble shortly after.  He has been identified as Scott Giordano of Disputanta, Virginia.

More wood chips and glue.
(Richmond Times-Dispatch photo)

It was planned to continue the search through the night for any unknown victims, but it had to be suspended because of a rainfall.  Search teams were concerned about water ponding on the fallen building and putting more weight on a completely unstable structure.  It was determined to wait until this morning to resume the search, although there are not any known to be missing.

WTVR Ch. 6 has six videos taken throughout the operation HERE.

The 2-story structure was nearly completed when a large cracking sound alerted the dozens of workers inside to get out.  Within moments the second story  of the 60-ft.-wide building pancaked onto the ground floor level.  It is not known why the building failed.  See the earlier reports and videos on Firegeezer HERE and HERE.

The Associated Press has this video report:

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