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Weeks after a Florida condo building crashed to the ground, an unlikely survivor has emerged: Binx the cat.
In a small piece of good news amid the devastation, Binx, who lived on the ninth floor of the Surfside building, has been reunited with its family, Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava said Friday.
“I’m glad that this small miracle could bring some light into the lives of a grieving family today and could provide a bright spot for our whole community in the midst of this terrible tragedy,” Levine Cava said.
In a tweet, Levine Cava offered a thank you from the bottom of my heart and on behalf of our community to the team who played a role in reuniting him with his family.
Updated: Jul 10 2021, 0:25 ET
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A CAT owned by a family that lived in the collapsed Miami condo was miraculously recovered alive two weeks after the disaster - as chilling footage emerged showing huge cracks in the building s garage ceiling last year.
Binx the black kitty was found wandering near the collapse site and was brought to a local rescue shelter.
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Binx s family, who previously occupied unit 904, were separated during the collapse.
Angela Gonzalez and her daughter Deven were pulled from the rubble in the early hours of the rescue effort, while Angela s husband Edgar has yet to be found.
This is a miracle : Family s cat missing after Surfside condo collapse found alive 2 weeks later
By Fox 13 News staff
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SURFSIDE, Fla. - A Florida family struggling in the aftermath of the Surfside condo collapse has been given a glimmer of hope in the midst of tragedy: their beloved cat, missing since the night of the disaster, has been found alive.
The Gonzalez family lived in unit 904 of the Champlain Towers South condominium with their black cat Binx, but their pet had not been seen since the night the building fell, WSVN reports.
Angela and Devin Gonzalez were seriously injured in the collapse, and Edgar Gonzalez is still missing.
A ray of hope in this tragedy : Cat found ALIVE in rubble of Miami condo collapse is returned to its family
The cat named Binx lived on the ninth floor of the collapsed Champlain Towers South building in Miami s Surfside neighborhood
It was found wandering around the wreckage on Thursday night and was taken in by a rescue center
A member of the Gonzalez family claimed Binx from the shelter on Friday
Two of his owners, Angela and Deven Gonzalez, were seriously injured in the collapse and remain hospitalized
Their apartment was sliced in half during the collapse on June 24
El gatito negro fue encontrado deambulando por el lugar del colapso y un buen samaritano lo recogió y lo llevó a un centro de rescate en Miami Beach.
UPDATE: After being found wandering around the rubble and taken to an animal shelter, Binx the cat that lived in apt #904 of Champlain Towers in Surfside has been reunited with her owners. ❤️ pic.twitter.com/Xb0RPMHEfr
“En medio de esta tristeza, esperábamos buenas noticias para los sobrevivientes o para cualquier mascota”, dijo Maria Gaspari, defensora de los animales y amiga de los dueños del gato. “Como sabrá, las mascotas son una familia y esto es un milagro. Estoy temblando ahora mismo “.