By Gordon Byrd
Jul 2, 2021
SURFSIDE President Biden visited the site of the Champlain Towers South collapse Thursday. He met with state and local officials, including Governor DeSantis, Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava and Debbie Wasserman Schultz, the congresswoman who represents the area including the site collapse. Biden said he s holding out hope that there are still survivors in the rubble. He spoke with first responders, and then spent three hours with victims families. The president praised the work of first responders and urged them to take advantage of PTSD-related counseling that would be made available.
Biden said the degree of cooperation between local, state and federal authorities was remarkable. He said he had ordered federal officials to cut the bureaucracy and expedite support. Biden announced that the federal government would pick up search and rescue for the first 30 days of the search.
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