![](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/QowxGftj5EM/default.jpg "OVER 18 ONLY VIEWING Samuel Perez, 53, had been trapped in the collapse at Miami Dade College. He was beneath the rubble for about 14 hours, communicating with rescuers before he was taken to hospital. He was discovered after workers heard his cries, and crews were saddened to hear he had diedAuthorities said they no longer expected to find anyone else alive and expected to pull a fourth person from what remained of the five-story structure that had been under construction. One worker was still missing, the other two men who died as Jose Calderon and Carlos Hurtado de Mendoza, 48. They died at hospitals . All three of the dead worked for subcontractors of the firm handling the construction of the garage, Ajax Building Corp., said Ajax president and CEO Bill Byrne.Byrne said during a news conference Thursday there was "no warning whatsoever" that anything was wrong and that it was not yet known what caused the garage to collapse.Another man was pulled out alive and brought to a hospital shortly after the collapse, Miami-Dade Fire-Rescue spokeswoman Griselle Marino said. A video shot by Miami-Dade Fire-Rescue showed four firefighters pulling him out from under a steel beam. His face and hands were bloody, and he was carried away on a stretcher.At least seven workers were brought to the hospital with unidentified injuries, while an eighth was treated on the scene and sent home.There were no students in the area because the garage was under construction. The campus was ...")
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June 06, 2013
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