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Safety concerns halt rescue efforts at condo as Biden visits community President Joe Biden shakes hands with Florida Chief Financial Officer and State Fire Marshal Jimmy Patronis during a meeting with first responders Thursday in Miami Beach, Fla. They were working on the condo tower that collapsed in Surfside, Fla., last week.  (AP photo/Susan Walsh) SURFSIDE, Fla. (AP) – Rescue efforts at the site of a partially collapsed Florida condominium building were halted Thursday out of concern abo...

Search resumes for missing in Florida condo collapse Omar Villafranca © GIORGIO VIERA/AFP via Getty Images TOPSHOT-US-ACCIDENT-CONSTRUCTION Search and rescue efforts resumed Thursday evening at the Surfside condo collapse site after they were called off over fears that whats left of the building could cave in. Search crews made the decision to suspend the search early Thursday morning after discovering part of the building had shifted as much as a foot.  Florida condo collap...

Miami condo rescue work resumes after structural concerns prompt delay Richard Luscombe in Miami © Provided by The Guardian Photograph: Joe Raedle/Getty Images Rescue efforts have resumed at a Miami condo block that collapsed one week ago, killing at least 18 and leaving 145 more unaccounted for, more than 12 hours after the work was halted amid fears the structure would topple. Rescue work had been stalled earlier on Thursday when workers reported hearing sounds of shifting ...

Chilling voicemail captures residents escape after collapse CNN obtained a distressed voicemail from 59-year-old Raysa Rodriguez, a survivor of the Champlain Towers collapse. She left the voicemail for her brother after she was awoken by the sound of the building falling down. Posted: Jul 1, 2021 7:01 PM Posted By: CNN During initial search and rescue efforts, rescue crews heard the voice of a female trapped in the Surfside condo rubble, but were unable to reach her, Miami-Dade County Fire Ch...

Rescue efforts at the site of a partially collapsed Florida apartment block have resumed, about 15 hours after the work was halted out of concern about the stability of the remaining structure, the mayor said. Surfside mayor Charles Burkett said he did not know why officials had decided to restart the search. Rescuers were earlier taken off the pile of rubble after crews noticed widening cracks and up to a foot of movement in a large column. “Finding missing loved ones continues to be at the ...

2021-07-02 01:40:14 GMT2021-07-02 09:40:14(Beijing Time) Sina English AFP US President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden visit a photo wall, the "Surfside Wall of Hope & Memorial," near the partially collapsed 12-story Champlain Towers South condo building in Surfside, Florida, on July 1. US President Joe Biden hailed the "resilience" on Thursday of families of people killed or missing in a collapsed Florida beachfront apartment building, spending hours comforting grieving relatives a...

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AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee 1 Jul 2021 A woman trapped beneath the rubble of the collapsed Champlain Towers South condo pleaded with rescuers to save her, but they were unable to reach her, according to Miami-Dade County Chief Alan Cominsky. In a Thursday press conference, Cominsky told reporters that rescuers heard “audible sounds” from a woman as they conducted their initial search of the damage. “Unfortunately, during our initial search-and-rescue efforts while we were working underneath th...

Rescue efforts resume after delay at condo collapse site Poll Yes SURFSIDE, Fla. (AP) – Work has resumed at a partially collapsed Florida condominium building after a 15-hour halt because of safety concerns, the town’s mayor said. Surfside Mayor Charles Burkett said he did not know why officials decided to restart search efforts after suspending them early Thursday because of safety concerns. THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. AP’s earlier story follows below. SURFSIDE, Fla. (AP) – Res...

Rescue efforts resume at collapse site; demolition planned Poll Yes SURFSIDE, Fla. (AP) – Rescue efforts at the site of a partially collapsed Florida condominium building resumed Thursday evening after a 15-hour pause for safety concerns, and officials said they had started planning for the likely demolition of the remaining structure. Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava said the decision about the demolition needed to be made “extremely carefully and methodically,” consideri...