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July 09, 2021 - 4:17 PM
SURFSIDE, Fla. (AP) â Binx the cat, who had lived on the ninth floor of the South Florida condo building that collapsed last month, has been found safe and returned to its family, officials said Friday.
Gina Nicole Vlasek, co-founder of The Kitty Campus, posted on Facebook that a black cat resembling Binx was found near the rubble of the Surfside building Thursday night and brought to the group s nearby facility in Miami Beach. A former Champlain Towers South resident visited The Kitty Campus on Friday and confirmed that the feline was hers, Vlasek said.Facebook
âWe are so grateful to be able to help in any small way, Vlasek wrote.
Binx was found near the site of the collapsed tower and reunited with its family shortly thereafter.
Published July 9, 2021
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A cat named Binx was reunited with its family Friday after miraculously surviving the Surfside condo collapse.
The feline was living on the ninth floor of Champlain Towers South when the building came crashing down, killing at least 78 people in what has now become an international tragedy. Several remain missing or unaccounted for following the collapse, which happened at 1:25 a.m. on June 24th. Download our mobile app for iOS or Android to get alerts for local breaking news and weather.
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Surfside: Binx the cat, who had lived on the ninth floor of the South Florida condo building that collapsed last month, has been found safe and returned to its family, officials said on Saturday (AEST).
Gina Nicole Vlasek, co-founder of The Kitty Campus, posted on Facebook that a black cat resembling Binx was found near the rubble of the Surfside building on Thursday night and brought to the group’s nearby facility in Miami Beach.
A former Champlain Towers South resident visited The Kitty Campus on Friday and confirmed that the feline was hers, Vlasek said.
“We are so grateful to be able to help in any small way,” Vlasek wrote.
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Jul 9, 2021 04:36 pm
SURFSIDE, Fla. (AP) Binx the cat, who had lived on the ninth floor of the South Florida condo building that collapsed last month, has been found safe and returned to its family, officials said Friday.
Gina Nicole Vlasek, co-founder of The Kitty Campus, posted on Facebook that a black cat resembling Binx was found near the rubble of the Surfside building Thursday night and brought to the group’s nearby facility in Miami Beach. A former Champlain Towers South resident visited The Kitty Campus on Friday and confirmed that the feline was hers, Vlasek said.
“We are so grateful to be able to help in any small way,” Vlasek wrote.