David K. Li is a senior breaking news reporter for NBC News Digital.
The search for two workers, one already declared dead in the collapse of a shuttered Kentucky coal processing facility, trudged into a fourth day with hopes of a rescue looking 'grim,' officials said Friday. Two workers, Pike County residents Billy Ray Daniels and Alvin Nees, had been removing machinery and preparing the building for demolition when the 11-story structure collapsed Tuesday in Martin County, authorities said. Daniels was declared dead on Wednesday.
' The search-and-rescue effort is a dangerous operation as workers climb on the unstable rubble with potentially toxic particulates in the air. 'We're taking all the precautions,' Kentucky Emergency Management Director Jeremy Slinker said. 'Top priority is rescuing and recovering our individuals. But equal or right behind that is the safety of the rescuers.
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