reporter: she said the building collapsed so quickly that she wasn t able to grab her personal items like her passport and important documents for work. although her livelihood is gone, she is grateful to be alive. i m hoping that there s a reason why i survived, a bigger picture. that was reporter joseph ojo from cnn affiliate wplg. members of the community came together in a vigil to honor the victims in the collapse on saturday. st. joseph s catholic church is just blocks from the scene. the church has several parishioners that lived in the collapse and was unaccounted for on friday. u.s. president joe biden sent his sympathies saying my heart is with the citizens of surfside. yesterday i spoke with governor desantis to let him know we are
response. both israel and mexico saying that they have sent workers, rescue workers, to try and help with the international effort. with the search-and-rescue effort that is currently underway in south florida. we also know that the u.s. government, u.s. senator marco rubio s office, trying to expedite visas for the foreign nationals who have family members who are among those missing at those at this juncture. trying to get family members the ability to even come to south florida, and be there, present, as these rescue efforts continue. but unfortunately, we know that the more time goes by, as each hour ticks by, the chances of finding people alive in that debris continues to go down. matt rivers, cnn, mexico city. residents of the other champlain towers are asked to voluntarily evacuate. reporter joseph ojo from wplg has the story of a woman survived climbing through rubble
father s day. josh s birthday was father s day. we were all celebrating and happy. my dad left monday morning. they were supposed to go to new york. they had this trip coming up. it s days away. like, you know, i don t really understand it. like my heart breaks for my dad but at the same time i m just so thankful that he wasn t there too. obviously the thought of losing my mom is my rock, my best friend and everything but i don t really know if i would be standing if i lost two. residents of the other champlain towers are asked to voluntarily evacuate. reporter joseph ojo from cnn affiliate wplg has a story of a woman who survived by climbing through rubble in the dark holding her dog. i was one of two i think that survived on my floor.