View of the partially collapsed Champlain Towers South condominium in Surfside before its demolition July 4, 2021. Archbishop Thomas Wenski, Cardinal Sean O Malley of Boston and Father Juan Sosa, pastor of St. Joseph Church a couple of blocks away, visited the site July 2, 2021. The parts of the building that remained standing were demolished the night of July 4, 2021. (COURTESY) COURTESY
MIAMI BEACH Â | Â Hope Sadowski knew, when she heard about the collapse of Champlain Towers South in Surfside, that Hilda Noriega, her 92-year-old fellow parishioner at St. Joseph, might be among the dead.
âI knew that the chances of her having survived a fall from the sixth floor were very slim,â said Sadowski, an administrative assistant in the archdiocesan Department of Schools and a longtime parishioner at St. Joseph.
Sisters in Florida condo collapse buried in same coffin
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Pallbearers carry the casket of Marcus Guara s daughters before a funeral service for the family at St. Joseph Catholic Church, Tuesday, July 6, 2021, in Miami Beach, Fla. Guara, his wife Anaely, and daughters Lucia and Emma, died in the collapse of the Champlain Towers South condominium building in nearby Surfside. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)
By: The Associated Press & Scripps National
Posted at 1:27 PM, Jul 07, 2021
and last updated 2021-07-07 15:49:03-04
SURFSIDE, Fla. (AP) â The tiny bodies of two young victims of the Florida condo building collapse were buried in the same white casket.
Lucia and Emma Guara were buried alongside their parents Tuesday. Author: TERRY SPENCER and KELLI KENNEDY Associated Press Published: 7:07 PM EDT July 6, 2021 Updated: 7:07 PM EDT July 6, 2021
SURFSIDE, Fla The bodies of two young sisters pulled from the rubble of a Florida condo building so tiny that the 4 and 10-year-olds were placed in the same casket were buried alongside their parents Tuesday, their white coffin draped with innocent pink and purple ribbons.
Lucia Guara, “Lulu bear,” loved watching “Jeopardy” with her dad, dancing and doing yoga with her mother. Her baby sister, Emma, was the princess of the family, a natural artist, who enjoyed her dad s piggyback rides and cuddling with her mom, family member Digna Rodriguez said.
Searchers at collapse site not seeing anything positive
SURFSIDE, Fla. (AP) â Officials overseeing the search at the site of the Florida condominium collapse sounded increasingly somber Tuesday about the prospects for finding anyone alive, saying they have detected no new signs of life in the rubble as the death toll climbed to 36.
Crews in yellow helmets and blue jumpsuits searched the debris for a 13th day while wind and rain from the outer bands of Hurricane Elsa complicated their efforts. Video released by the Miami-Dade County Fire Rescue Department showed workers lugging pickaxes and power saws through piles of concrete rubble barbed with snapped steel rebar. Other searchers could be seen digging with gloved hands through pulverized concrete and dumping shovels of debris into large buckets.
5 hours ago by The Associated Press (AP)
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SURFSIDE, Fla. (AP) The tiny bodies of two young victims of the Florida condo building collapse are being buried in the same white casket. Lucia and Emma Guar were laid to rest Tuesday alongside their parents, Marcus and Anaely Guara.
The three were among at least 36 people killed in the collapse of the Champlain Towers South building nearly two weeks ago.
Family members attending the service at St. Joseph’s Catholic church say “Lulu bear” loved watching “Jeopardy” with her dad, dancing and doing yoga with her mother.
Her baby sister, Emma, was the princess of the family and enjoyed her dad’s piggyback rides.