Surfside Collapse Death Toll Rises To 95 With Victim Search Nearly Complete
Some of the bodies have not yet been identified, but officials believe only four individuals are still missing.
Bobby Caina Calvan
SURFSIDE, Fla. (AP) Exhausted crews neared the end of their search for victims of a Miami-area condominium tower collapse Tuesday as the death toll reached 95 with just a handful of people still unaccounted for.
Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava said at a news conference that the number of people considered missing has dwindled as authorities work to identify everyone connected to the building. The mayor said 14 people remain unaccounted for, which includes 10 victims whose bodies have been recovered but not yet identified leaving potentially four more victims to be found.
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Coffin of nanny killed in condo collapse returns to Paraguay
The remains of a young Paraguayan nanny among those killed in the collapse of a Florida condominium tower has arrived home, her coffin wrapped in a national flag and with a photograph of her young face
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ASUNCION, Paraguay Wrapped in a Paraguayan flag and with a photograph of her young face, a coffin with the remains of Leidy Vanessa Luna Villalba arrived Tuesday in Asuncion where it was received by relatives grieving the nanny killed when a Miami-area condominium tower collapsed.
95 people now confirmed dead in Surfside condo building collapse
With 85 of the victims identified, the mayor noted that the work of identifying the bodies has become more difficult with the passage of time. Author: Associated Press Updated: 1:05 PM EDT July 13, 2021
SURFSIDE, Fla. Exhausted crews neared the end of their search for victims of a Miami-area condominium tower collapse Tuesday as the death toll reached 95 with just a handful of people still unaccounted for.
Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava said at a news conference that the number of people considered missing has dwindled as authorities work to identify everyone connected to the building. The mayor said 14 people remain unaccounted for, which includes 10 victims whose bodies have been recovered but not yet identified leaving potentially four more victims to be found.
July 13, 2021 - 6:31 PM
ASUNCION, Paraguay (AP) â Wrapped in a Paraguayan flag and with a photograph of her young face, a coffin with the remains of Leidy Vanessa Luna Villalba arrived Tuesday in Asuncion where it was received by relatives grieving the nanny killed when a Miami-area condominium tower collapsed.
The 23-year-old had been working for the family of the sister of Paraguayan first lady Silvana Abdo in the building in Surfside, Florida, that fell June 24. The bodies of the sister, Sophia López Moreira; her husband, Luis Pettengill; and the youngest of their three children have been found. Their two other children remain missing.
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