Searchers dug a 40-foot-deep trench through the site to assist with their efforts.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said rescue work is proceeding slowly in part because the 136-unit building s rubble itself has forensic value.
SURFSIDE, Fla. – The painstaking and dangerous search for survivors from a condo building collapse continued Sunday in a seaside town north of Miami Beach, as families and community members held out hope that the 152 missing would be found alive. We just need a few more miracles each day, Seaside Mayor Charles Burkett said at a Sunday afternoon press conference.
Nine people have been confirmed dead, with eight of them being pulled from the debris. The other died in the hospital Sunday.
Family of young woman lost in Miami condo disaster scream her name over the rubble as they join relatives of the 152 missing at recovery site: Death toll rises to nine
Loved ones were bussed to the site of the ruined Champlain Towers South building in Surfside, Florida, on Sunday
Nicole Langsfeld s relatives were seen screaming the missing woman s name, in the hope she d reply
Langsfeld and her husband Luis Sadovnic have not been seen or heard from since last Thursday s collapse
They are among 152 missing, with nine so far declared dead
Rescue and recovery efforts continue 24 hours a day, with Surfside Mayor Charles Burkett insisting he s still confident of a miracle rescue
4 More Victims Identified In Florida Condo Collapse
By James Doubek
June 27, 2021
Updated June 27, 2021 at 10:37 PM ET
As rescuers continue to comb through the wreckage in Surfside, Fla., Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava said Sunday evening that rescuers had identified another four victims in the partial collapse of the Chaplain Towers South building.
Miami-Dade police released the names of the additional victims on Twitter: Leon Oliwkowiicz, 80; Luis Bermudez, 26; Anna Ortiz, 46; Christina Beatriz Elvira, 74.
So far, authorities have publicly identified eight of the nine victims, ranging in age from 26 to 83, including the four victims previously named.
The official death toll is unchanged from earlier on Sunday, at nine. The number of people unaccounted for is 152, with 134 now accounted for.
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
Other developers, whose projects were still stalled, believed the tower s developers were getting preferential treatment and accused of them paying off officials in campaign donations