Death toll at 22 as mayor signs demo order, Surfside search crews eye Hurricane Elsa Douglas Hanks, Martin Vassolo, Daniel Chang, and Charles Rabin, The Miami Herald
Jul. 2 Four more victims of the Surfside condo collapse were recovered overnight and into the day Friday, said Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava, raising the death toll to 22 as rescue workers continued the search amid the threats of shifting rubble underfoot, falling debris overhead and a hurricane in the forecast.
The mayor also said during a late afternoon briefing that she signed off on the demolition of the standing remains of the Champlain Towers South building. Engineers are considering a pair of options. One would be a controlled blow that would halt the rescue effort for only a few hours. Another would take more time and involves using large cranes to haul away chunks of the building.
“Por favor mantengan a las familias y seres queridos en sus plegarias”, agregaron en su publicación.
#UPDATE 43: We have identified four additional victims who tragically and unexpectedly lost their lives in the Surfside building collapse, including the daughter of one of the first responders.
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Las autoridades dijeron que la cifra de muertos asciende a 20 y 128 personas siguen desaparecidas tras el derrumbe el 24 de junio de un bloque de 12 pisos del complejo Champlain Towers South, ubicado en la localidad de Surfside, al norte de Miami Beach.
A family of four, a 60-year love story, a young man with muscular dystrophy: What we know about the collapse victims
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Maria Fernanda Martinez and Mariana Cordeiro look on as search and rescue operations continue at the site of the partially collapsed 12-story condo building on Friday in Surfsid
By Theresa Waldrop, Alisha Ebrahimji, Ray Sanchez, Claire Colbert and Amir Vera, CNN
The dead and unaccounted for residents of the Champlain Towers South in Surfside, Florida, reflect the area’s rich cultural diversity. The international tragedy has touched members of a tight-knit Jewish community and families from as far away as Argentina, Paraguay and Colombia.
Identities released of 3 additional victims in Surfside partial building collapse
From CNN s Rosa Flores and Deanna Hackney
The Miami Dade Police Department has released the identities of three additional victims of the Champlain Towers South partial building collapse.
In addition, the remains of a 7-year-old girl were recovered Friday, but her identity is being withheld at the request of her family.
The three victims are Bonnie Epstein, 56, Claudio Bonnefoy, 85, and Maria Obias-Bonnefoy, 69.
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Concrete company says it did not repair concrete on collapsed condo in 2020
From CNN s David Shortell
Concrete Protection and Restoration LLC released a statement Friday saying the company did not repair or restore concrete in 2020 on Champlain Towers South.