Somewhere, somehow, someone is failing to communicate.

If you have to pull back rescuers from under the rubble because it's unstable, that's one thing. Meanwhile you bring the cranes in and proceed to pull the debris off the pile one brick at a time if neccessary. That's not "suspending the rescue effort".

From the way the articles are written and even what the officials are saying, it makes it sound as if they just decided to walk away and leave the whole mess there forever.