Hope fades for survivors 3 days after South Africa building collapse

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May 9, 2024 / 5:53 AM EDT / CBS/AFP George, South Africa — The number of people missing under the rubble of a collapsed five-floor apartment building in South Africa was higher Thursday morning than it had been since the Monday afternoon disaster, as officials said there had been six more workers on the construction site than first believed.
Local leaders in the town of George, on South Africa's southern coast, said they believed there were 81 workers on the site when the building crumpled into a heap of broken concrete and twisted metal.
A family member of a construction worker reacts near the site where dozens of workers were trapped under the rubble of a collapsed building in George, South Africa, May 7, 2024.
Rescue workers at the scene of a collapsed building in George, South Africa, May 7, 2024.