Pawlick details the New Jersey Urban Area Security Initiative technical rescue operations to high-rise parking lot collapse at 300 Prospect Avenue. The operations continued throughout the night and into the morning; all Task Force 1 (TF1) components, Hackensack Fire Department members, and support resources were employed. The delayering of the collapse pile continued; two surface vehicles were removed by machine, placed on a flatbed tow truck, and moved to an off-site secured location. At daybreak after extended operations and numerous searches, TF1 leaders had determined that the chances of finding any victims or potential victims were very low and that the local fire department should continue operations. They suggested that heavy equipment be used to continue the delayering of the collapse pile and remove the vehicles out of the collapse area.
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