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Monday, June 28, 2021 9:41 AM EST By TERRY SPENCER and RUSS BYNUM, AP SURFSIDE, Fla. (AP) — Rescue workers digging feverishly for a fifth day Monday stressed that they could still find survivors in the rubble of a collapsed Florida condo building, a hope family members clung to even though no one has been pulled out alive since the first hours after the structure fell. The death toll rose by just four people Sunday, to a total of nine confirmed dead. But more t...

Crews work in the rubble at the Champlain Towers South Condo Families of the missing visited the scene of the Florida condo building collapse Sunday as rescuers kept digging through the mound of rubble and clinging to hope that someone could yet be alive somewhere under the broken concrete and twisted metal. The death toll rose by just four people, to a total of nine confirmed dead. But after almost four full days of search-and-rescue efforts, more than 150 additional people were still missing ...

"We still have hope that we will find people alive." Alan Cominsky, chief of the Miami-Dade Fire Rescue Department, said they are holding out hope of finding someone alive, but searchers had to be slow and methodical. "The debris field is scattered throughout, and its compact, extremely compact," he said. "If there is a void space, we want to make sure were given every possibility of a survivor. Thats why we cant just go in and move things erratically, because thats going to have the worst outc...

REVEALED: Developers of doomed Miami condo tower were accused of PAYING OFF officials to get permits as Miami urges inspections of all buildings taller than six stories and over 40 years old within 45 days Developers of the Miami tower that collapsed were previously accused by building rivals of paying off officials to get permits, according to a Washington Post  investigation The developers bypassed a construction moratorium in 1979 by agreeing to pick up half of the $400,000 sewer repair tab...

Monday, 28 Jun 2021 06:48 AM MYT Rescue crew respond at the site after a partial building collapse in Surfside near Miami Beach, Florida, US, June 25, 2021, in this still image obtained from video. Courtesy of Miami-Dade Fire Rescue / Florida Task Force One. — Reuters pic Follow us on Instagram and subscribe to our Telegram channel for the latest updates. SURFSIDE, June 28 — The official death toll from the partial collapse of a high-rise condominium complex near Miami rose to nine on Sunda...

Florida building collapse: death toll climbs to 9, with 150 still missing Rescue personnel continue search and rescue operations for survivors of a partially collapsed residential building in Surfside, near Miami Beach, Florida, June 26, 2021. REUTERS Reuters, Florida Reuters, Florida As the death toll rose to nine, searchers worked on Sunday to find more than 150 missing residents amid the rubble of a Florida apartment building that collapsed three d...

  Who are the survivors of the Surfside building collapse? Sharon Schechter is one of the 134 people accounted for after 55 of the 136 units of the Champlain Tower came crumbling down to the ground. Schechter, the owner of a Medicare Insurance Business left her house with no documents whatsoever but she made it out alive and she brought along her dog too. “I was one of two I think that survived on my floor,” Schechter said. The 60-year-old lived at 8777 Collins Ave and was woken up by "a l...

By Press Association 2021 Search and rescue personnel search for survivors through the rubble at the Champlain Towers South in Surfside, Florida Rescue workers digging feverishly for a fifth day have stressed that they could still find survivors in the rubble of a collapsed Florida condo building. The death toll rose by just four people on Sunday, to a total of nine confirmed dead. But more than 150 people are still missing in Surfside. Fa...

THE STANDARD AMERICA By Reuters | June 28th 2021 A 2018 engineers inspection report found major structural deterioration in the parking garage beneath the 40-year-old tower. [Reuters] The official death toll from the partial collapse of a high-rise condominium complex near Miami rose to nine on Sunday, with more than 150 people still missing, as rescue teams picked through the rubble for a fourth day without finding further signs of life. What caused nearly half the 12-story building t...

Families of the missing visit site of Florida condo collapse by   Family members of those missing from Champlain Towers South Condo collapse arrive back at the reunification center after visiting the scene in Surfside, Fla., Sunday, June 27, 2021. Rescuers keep digging through the mound of rubble and clinging to hope that someone could be found alive. (Marta Lavandier/AP) SURFSIDE, Fla. — Families of the missing visited the scene of the Florida condo building collapse Sunday as rescuers ...