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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 o...

She said the building was demolished at exactly 10:30 p.m. Sunday, Independence Day, and it fell according to plan, toward Collins Avenue, away from the existing rubble pile, which was covered with a tarp to protect it from dust from the implosion. By 1 a.m. Monday, rescue crews were back to a full search-and-rescue operation.  “The demolition was executed flawlessly. And the rescue team said none of the existing pile, where there are victims still, was affected,” Surfside Mayor Charles Burkett said. "Bringing the building down in a controlled manner was critical to our search,” Levi...