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Rescue workers in North Port to assist with flooding after returning from Surfside collapse site Published: July 9, 2021 5:41 PM EDT Updated: July 9, 2021 7:24 PM EDT Recommended Urban Search and Rescue Task Force 6 responded to North Port Friday to help those who have been impacted by the flooding there. After Hurricane Elsa dumped heavy rain on Southwest Florida, some in North Port were stuck dealing with the quickly rising waters. Task Force 6’s job is to get those people to safety. This is after risking their lives, hoping and searching for anyone alive after the condo collapse in Surfs...

"Some members of the task force wore out their gloves and needed replacements multiple times because they used their hands to search for the lost. The work they did in the shadow of the partially collapsed building ready to fully collapse on top of them is nothing short of remarkable," Graff wrote in a text. The Task Force 8 members left Ocala on June 27 and traveled in vans with several support vehicles to the disaster site. The team returned July 4 to the Marion County Fire Rescue Operations Center east of Ocala to the cheers of waiting family members, some honking car horns and holding ...

Death toll rises to 24; timetable moved up to demolish remaining portion of Surfside tower Martin Vassolo, Joey Flechas, Daniel Chang and David Ovalle, Miami Herald © Matias J. Ocner/TNS Rescue workers continue to look through rubble for survivors at the partially collapsed Champlain Towers South Condo building in Surfside, Florida, on Saturday, July 3, 2021. SURFSIDE, Fla. — With a tropical storm headed toward South Florida, the upright portion of the doomed Champlain Towers South building will be demolished within days to allow rescue crews to eventually resume searchin...

SWFL first responders return after assisting in Surfside Published: July 3, 2021 10:28 PM EDT Updated: July 4, 2021 6:36 AM EDT Recommended Families cheered them on as they returned to a Bonita Springs fire station. Long-awaited embraces with loved ones and signs of support were what greeted the members of Task Force 6 once they returned home from a trying and tiring week in Surfside. “It’s bittersweet to be home. There’s still a lot to be done over there so that part is a little disappointing. There are still people that need closure,” said Greg DeWitt, leader of Task Force 6. They w...

SWFL Urban Search & Rescue crew members return home from Surfside Published: July 2, 2021 8:14 PM EDT Updated: July 2, 2021 8:16 PM EDT Recommended Rescue crews from Southwest Florida went to the site of the Champlain Towers condo collapse in Surfside. They have worked hard and are returning home. The families, crew workers and community members are dealing with unbelievable loss, since no survivors have been found since the first hours after the collapse. When we first went to Surfside to report on the latest updates from the scene, we saw hope. “I know that there are people there,” Bett...