Eight more bodies found in Florida condo tower collapse after demolition
The new confirmed death toll of 36 means that 109 people who may have been inside the building when it crumbled are still considered missing. That number could change as police detectives work to confirm a list of residents.
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Search-and-rescue personnel work on the debris of the collapsed Champlain Towers South condominium in Surfside, Fla., July 5, 2021, in this still image obtained from video. Courtesy of Miami-Dade Fire Rescue Department / Handout via REUTERS
SURFSIDE, Fla., July 6 (Reuters) - Search and rescue teams on Tuesday pulled the remains of eight more victims from the ruins of a Florida condominium tower as they were able to penetrate more of the disaster site after demolishing a fragile section that had remained standing.
By TERRY SPENCER and KELLI KENNEDY Updated: July 06, 2021 05:41 PM Created: July 06, 2021 05:36 PM
SURFSIDE, Fla. (AP) - 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.
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Photos and flowers hang in a fence at a memorial site created by neighbors in front of a partially collapsed residential building as the emergency crews continue search and rescue operations for survivors, in Surfside, near Miami Beach, Florida, U.S. June 29, 2021. REUTERS/Marco Bello
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SURFSIDE, Fla - A few hundred mourners filled a Miami Beach church on Tuesday to memorialize two young girls and their parents in the first funeral for victims of the condominium building collapse nearly two weeks ago.
In a service at St. Joseph Catholic Church, Marcus Guara, 52, his wife Ana Guara, 42, and their daughters, Lucia, 10, and Emma, 4, were remembered as a tight-knit family who enjoyed walking on the beach and doing other simple things together.