Surfside condo collapse live updates: Death toll at 60; Wade visits; what about taxes? David J. Neal, Devoun Cetoute, Miami Herald
Rescue crews continue to search through the rubble, but now do so without hope of finding anyone alive under the collapsed Champlain Towers South oceanfront condo tower in Surfside, the town immediately north of Miami Beach. Part of the apartment building with 12 residential floors collapsed June 24. The rest was demolished Sunday night.
People with loved ones at the condo, missing or safe, should call 305-614-1819 to notify officials. Anyone who lives at the Champlain Towers and is safe is asked to complete a Wellness Check form to help Miami-Dade County keep track of tenants.
Published Thursday, July 8, 2021 5:29AM EDT Last Updated Thursday, July 8, 2021 5:55PM EDT SURFSIDE, Fla. (AP) - Rescue workers now focused on finding remains instead of survivors in the rubble of a Florida condominium collapse vowed Thursday to keep up their search for victims until they cleared all the debris at the site. A fire official told family members at a meeting that crews “will not stop working until they ve gotten to the bottom of the pile and recovered every single of the families missing loved ones,” Surfside Mayor Charles Burkett said at an evening news conference. He did not identify the official, but said the families were grateful.
At this point we have truly exhausted every option available to us in the search and rescue mission, Levine Cava said.
Miami-Dade Assistant Fire Chief Ray Jadallah told families at a private briefing Wednesday afternoon that the emergency crews would remove the rescue dogs and sound devices, but otherwise would continue to search through the rubble for the bodies of their relatives.
“Our sole responsibility at this point is to bring closure,” he said, as relatives sobbed in the background.
Unlike some collapses that create W-shaped spaces where people can survive, a “pancake collapse like the one in Surfside tends not to leave livable spaces, Jadallah said.
Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava said Thursday that 76 people were still potentially unaccounted for
Published July 8, 2021 •
Updated 4 hours ago
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The Surfside condo collapse death toll rose to 64 Thursday after 10 more bodies were discovered, officials said
Another 76 people were still potentially unaccounted for, Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava said
The news comes as the painstaking search for survivors shifted to a recovery effort at midnight Wednesday
The bodies of ten more victims were recovered from the site of the Surfside condominium collapse, bringing the death toll to 64, officials said Thursday. Download our mobile app for iOS or Android to get the latest breaking news and local stories.
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