This aerial image shows an oceanfront condo building that partially collapsed on Thursday, June 24, 2021, resulting in fatalities and many people still unaccounted for, in Surfside, Florida, Sunday, June 27, 2021. (PHOTO: AP/GERALD HERBERT)
“Our thoughts and prayers are with the government and people [of] the United States of America…at this difficult time”
NASSAU, BAHAMAS — The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is monitoring the tragedy in Surfside, Florida, where at least 10 people are dead and more than 150 are unaccounted for after a multi-story condo building partially collapsed early Thursday morning.
The ministry said it has made contact with Bahamas Consul General in Miami Linda Mackey, who has confirmed that to date, the consulate general has not been made aware of any Bahamian national involved in the devastation.