LEON HARRIS, CNN ANCHOR: At least three people are dead in Philadelphia after a pier collapsed into the Delaware River and taking with it an open-air nightclub and the club's patrons. CNN's Deborah Feyerick is at the scene and she has the latest for us right now -- Deborah.</s>DEBORAH FEYERICK, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Well, Leon, an Army Corps of Engineers expected to arrive here within a half-hour; they're going to check this structure to see whether it is sturdy enough in order to send down divers to search around. If it's not sturdy enough they will have to tear it down. Officials are concerned that some people may still be missing or trapped below a canopy that fell down last night as well. Police commissioner is saying that they received a number of calls from people saying that family and friends had not return home last night. But right now, the police commissioner will not speculate as to the number of people who may be missing, only saying that they are first checking area hospitals.</s>CAPT. GREGORY ADAMS, U.S. COAST GUARD: This is a very delicate operation. The pier collapsed and there's a lot of debris, and it's shifting. It had to call off -- we had to call off -- the city had to call off dive operations last night because of that, and we're concerned for. So that the biggest care will be to try to extract the remaining collapsed pier, and look for additional personnel who may be trapped.</s>FEYERICK: Three people are dead; three dozen others injured; 10 people still remain at local hospitals. All of this when a pier collapsed last night at about 8:00, a party was under way. Witnesses say they heard a loud crash and then the floor just fell out just beneath them. Now, investigators are speaking to a number of people who were here. They are trying to piece together exactly why this pier collapsed. This dance club, a dance club called Heat, opened just a few weeks ago. Reporting live, Deborah Feyerick, CNN, Philadelphia.
Pier Collapse Sends Nightclub, Patrons into Delaware River