Weeks after a Florida condo building crashed to the ground, an unlikely survivor has emerged: Binx the cat.
In a small piece of good news amid the devastation, Binx, who lived on the ninth floor of the Surfside building, has been reunited with its family, Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava said Friday.
“I’m glad that this small miracle could bring some light into the lives of a grieving family today and could provide a bright spot for our whole community in the midst of this terrible tragedy,” Levine Cava said.
In a tweet, Levine Cava offered a thank you from the bottom of my heart and on behalf of our community to the team who played a role in reuniting him with his family.
1 2021-07-12 08:34:39Xinhua
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The confirmed death toll in the residential building collapse in Surfside, southeastern U.S. state of Florida, rose to 90 with 31 people remaining potentially unaccounted for, Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava said on Sunday, the eighteenth day of the tragedy. Our hearts and minds are always with those who we ve lost and the families who are grieving, and those who are still waiting, said Levine Cava at the daily media briefing.
She said that more than 14 million pounds of debris and rubble had been removed from the rubble.
Local authorities have been working with the U.S. Postal Service in the identification process, including checking the victims driver s license information.
Florida condominium collapse death toll rises to 90, with 31 missing
11 Jul 2021 - 22:57
Members of the search and rescue team stand during a moment of silence and pray in front of the rubble of the collapsed Champlain Towers South building in Surfside, Florida, U.S. July 7, 2021, in this still image taken from drone footage obtained from social media. Mandatory credit MIAMI-DADE FIRE RESCUE/via REUTERS
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The death toll in the collapse of a Miami-area condominium rose to 90 on Sunday from 86, as crews continued their grim search for human remains in the building s wreckage, Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava said.
Another 31 people were still potentially unaccounted for, Levine Cava said at a briefing.
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The confirmed death toll in the residential building collapse in Surfside, southeastern U.S. state of Florida, rose to 90 with 31 people remaining potentially unaccounted for, Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava said on Sunday, the eighteenth day of the tragedy.
Our hearts and minds are always with those who we ve lost and the families who are grieving, and those who are still waiting, said Levine Cava at the daily media briefing.
She said that more than 14 million pounds of debris and rubble had been removed from the rubble.
Local authorities have been working with the U.S. Postal Service in the identification process, including checking the victims driver s license information.