One of the girls is from my area, and I think why they were pleading so much, is that they know EXACTLY where in the building the missing people are. There were 8 kids out at the pool who got home safely, and the 4 students and 2 professors were in their rooms getting ready for dinner when the quake hit. They were told that the floors they were on did not collapse so there is hope that they were in air pockets.