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The men say they were working on the demolition of the garage when a breeze came through. One has severe injuries to his leg.

FPL, JEA and Florida search and rescue task force members are on their way to Louisiana.

“It’s difficult,” Dean said, “Especially because we’re starting to put faces with names, when we gather belongings and we see the pictures, we see the loved ones and we see the family members that have had the opportunity to come to the pile and speak to them and put stories behind those individuals, there is a connection there, obviously not the same as the families, but we do feel it.” The recovery teams uncover the family photos and mementos and jewelry, and then two teams of Mia...

After working long hours for days to aid in the search and recovery mission at Surfside, two of the members of Southwest Florida’s Urban Search and Rescue Task Force 6 are finally home. They say that their work in Surfside is something they’ll never forget. Yet, they hope they won’t ever have to experience something like that again. The mounds of debris and piles of concrete seen at the Surfside condo collapse site were difficult images to take in. Mathew Marshall and Zair Gonzalez were p...

FAIRFIELD-SUISUN, CALIFORNIA A Sacramento Urban Search and Rescue team member directs a heavy equipment operator combing through the remains of the Champlain Towers South condo in Surfside, Florida Friday, July 9, 2021. Death toll reaches 86 in Florida collapse; site to be cleared ‘sooner than expected’ MIAMI — First responders continuing the search and recovery mission in the debris of the collapsed Surfside condo tower on Saturday worked at times through heavy downpours and strong wind ...

Rescue workers in North Port to assist with flooding after returning from Surfside collapse site Published: July 9, 2021 5:41 PM EDT Updated: July 9, 2021 7:24 PM EDT Recommended Urban Search and Rescue Task Force 6 responded to North Port Friday to help those who have been impacted by the flooding there. After Hurricane Elsa dumped heavy rain on Southwest Florida, some in North Port were stuck dealing with the quickly rising waters. Task Force 6’s job is to get those people to safety. This i...

"Some members of the task force wore out their gloves and needed replacements multiple times because they used their hands to search for the lost. The work they did in the shadow of the partially collapsed building ready to fully collapse on top of them is nothing short of remarkable," Graff wrote in a text. The Task Force 8 members left Ocala on June 27 and traveled in vans with several support vehicles to the disaster site. The team returned July 4 to the Marion County Fire Rescue Operatio...

Death toll rises to 24; timetable moved up to demolish remaining portion of Surfside tower Martin Vassolo, Joey Flechas, Daniel Chang and David Ovalle, Miami Herald © Matias J. Ocner/TNS Rescue workers continue to look through rubble for survivors at the partially collapsed Champlain Towers South Condo building in Surfside, Florida, on Saturday, July 3, 2021. SURFSIDE, Fla. — With a tropical storm headed toward South Florida, the upright portion of the doomed Champlain Towe...

SWFL first responders return after assisting in Surfside Published: July 3, 2021 10:28 PM EDT Updated: July 4, 2021 6:36 AM EDT Recommended Families cheered them on as they returned to a Bonita Springs fire station. Long-awaited embraces with loved ones and signs of support were what greeted the members of Task Force 6 once they returned home from a trying and tiring week in Surfside. “It’s bittersweet to be home. There’s still a lot to be done over there so that part is a little disappoi...

SWFL Urban Search & Rescue crew members return home from Surfside Published: July 2, 2021 8:14 PM EDT Updated: July 2, 2021 8:16 PM EDT Recommended Rescue crews from Southwest Florida went to the site of the Champlain Towers condo collapse in Surfside. They have worked hard and are returning home. The families, crew workers and community members are dealing with unbelievable loss, since no survivors have been found since the first hours after the collapse. When we first went to Surfside to repo...