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.
For about two weeks after Champlain Towers South collapsed, officials stressed their focus on finding survivors a hope that was rekindled after workers demolished the remainder of the building, allowing rescuers access to new areas of debris. The hope was that they might find “voids,” or open pockets in the rubble where someone could have survived.
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A search and rescue team member moves through the rubble of the Champlain Towers South condo, Wednesday, July 7, 2021. (Al Diaz/Miami Herald via AP)
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Gini Gonte visits the Surfside Wall of Hope & Memorial on Wednesday as she honors her friends Nancy Kress Levin and Jay Kleiman, who lost their lives after the collapse of the Champlain Towers South in Surfside, Fla.
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Search and rescue team members depart after working the debris field of the Champlain Towers South condo Wednesday.
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A search and rescue team member moves through the rubble of the Champlain Towers South condominium on Jul 7, 2021. (Photo: Al Diaz/Miami Herald via AP)
08 Jul 2021 06:12AM (Updated:
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SURFSIDE, Florida: Emergency workers gave up on Wednesday (Jul 7) on any hope of finding survivors in the rubble of a collapsed Florida condominium building and shifted their efforts to recovering more remains after authorities concluded that there was “no chance of life .
The announcement followed increasingly sombre reports from emergency officials, who said they sought to prepare families for the worst.
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.
For about two weeks after Champlain Towers South collapsed, officials stressed their focus on finding survivors a hope that was rekindled after workers demolished the remainder of the building, allowing rescuers access to new areas of debris. The hope was that they might find “voids,” or open pockets in the rubble where someone could have survived.
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.
For about two weeks after Champlain Towers South collapsed, officials stressed their focus on finding survivors a hope that was rekindled after workers demolished the remainder of the building, allowing rescuers access to new areas of debris. The hope was that they might find “voids,” or open pockets in the rubble where someone could have survived.