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Crews work in the rubble of Champlain Towers South residential condo, on June 29, 2021, in Surfside, Florida. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
SURFSIDE, Florida (AP) Elected officials pledged Tuesday to conduct multiple investigations into the collapse of an oceanfront Florida condo tower, vowing to convene a grand jury and to look closely “at every possible angle” to prevent any other building from experiencing such a catastrophic failure.
Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava said she and her staff will meet with engineering, construction and geology experts, among others, to review building safety issues and develop recommendations “to ensure a tragedy like this will never, ever happen again.”
Death toll in Surfside condo building collapse rises to 12
People stand near a make-shift memorial outside St. Joseph Catholic Church near the Champlain Towers South residential condo. Image via AP.
Miami-Dade Mayor
Daniella Levine Cava says another victim has been found in the rubble of a collapsed Florida condo building. The new discovery brings the death toll to 12, with 149 people still unaccounted for.
This is a breaking news update .AP’s earlier story follows below.
Elected officials pledged Tuesday to conduct multiple investigations into the collapse of an oceanfront Florida condo tower, vowing to convene a grand jury and to look closely “at every possible angle” to prevent any other building from experiencing such a catastrophic failure.
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People gather at a vigil, late Monday, June 28, 2021, in Surfside, Fla. The vigil remembered those that died, are missing and those injured after a residential building collapsed last Thursday.
Marta Lavandier - staff, AP
Workers cut a large slab of concrete at the Champlain Towers South condo, Monday, June 28, 2021, in Surfside, Fla. Many people were still unaccounted for after Thursday s fatal collapse.
Marta Lavandier - staff, AP
Michelle Cash plays a quartz crystal merkaba during a vigil, Monday, June 28, 2021, in Surfside, Fla. The vigil remembered those who died, are missing and those injured after a residential building collapsed last Thursday.