Search of collapsed condo shifts from rescue to recovery
July 7, 2021 3:56 PM Associated Press
Matias J. Ocner
Rubble and debris of the Champlain Towers South condo can be seen in Surfside, Fla. on Tuesday, July 6, 2021. The rubble shown here is from the front portion of the condo towers, which was demolished 11 days after the back part of the tower collapsed with people inside.
SURFSIDE, Fla. (AP) Rescue workers who have labored for 14 days to find survivors in the rubble of a collapsed Florida condo building have shifted their efforts from rescue to recovery.
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Death toll rises to 24; timetable moved up to demolish remaining portion of Surfside tower Martin Vassolo, Joey Flechas, Daniel Chang and David Ovalle, Miami Herald © Matias J. Ocner/TNS Rescue workers continue to look through rubble for survivors at the partially collapsed Champlain Towers South Condo building in Surfside, Florida, on Saturday, July 3, 2021.
SURFSIDE, Fla. With a tropical storm headed toward South Florida, the upright portion of the doomed Champlain Towers South building will be demolished within days to allow rescue crews to eventually resume searching the site safely, officials said.
The decision meant that by Saturday evening, rescue teams halted their efforts to find survivors and bodies, as scientists investigating the collapse scrambled to take last-minute 3D measurements of the standing structure, and demolition crews drilled holes into the concrete columns in the first and second floors.
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