WAYNE, Mich. -- Rescue workers spent all day and into the night combing through the pile of crumpled drywall, twisted metal and broken couches, dining sets and dressers that was once William C. Franks Furniture store in the hope that two buried workers might be found alive, as the store's owner was.
After more than 12 hours of searching, crews on Wednesday night instead recovered the bodies of a salesman and clerical worker who were killed in the natural gas explosion at the store in downtown Wayne, about 15 miles from Detroit.