Awaiting news, families of condo victims bond together
Published: July 11, 2021 4:56 PM EDT
Updated: July 11, 2021 4:58 PM EDT
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At the Seaview Hotel, a vast and once impersonal ballroom has become a refuge a shared space of hope and sorrow where grieving families comfort each other during the agonizing wait for news of relatives trapped inside a collapsed Miami condo building.
Twice a day, every day, for more than two weeks, relatives of those who perished or who are still missing have huddled in the spacious room, a new daily routine thrust upon them by an unfathomable disaster.
On Saturday, authorities raised the confirmed death toll from the collapse of the Champlain Towers South condominium building in Surfside to 86, with 43 people still missing.
Death toll rises to 86 as families of condo victims bond together awaiting news
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FILE - In this Thursday, July 8, 2021, file photo, excavators dig through the rubble of the Champlain Towers South, in Surfside, Fla. Officials announced a day earlier that they were switching their mission from rescue to recovery, but there is no plan to stop the private briefings for the families of those still missing. (Pedro Portal/Miami Herald via AP) July 10, 2021 - 2:49 PM
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) â At the Seaview Hotel, a vast and once impersonal ballroom has become a refuge â a shared space of hope and sorrow where grieving families comfort each other during the agonizing wait for news of relatives trapped inside a collapsed Miami condo building.
Awaiting news, families of condo victims bond together
by Kelli Kennedy, The Associated Press
Posted Jul 10, 2021 5:49 pm EDT
Last Updated Jul 10, 2021 at 5:57 pm EDT
Excavators are seen working in the rubbles of the Champlain Towers South collapse, one day after shift from search-and-rescue to recovery in Surfside, on Thursday, July 08, 2021.
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) At the Seaview Hotel, a vast and once impersonal ballroom has become a refuge a shared space of hope and sorrow where grieving families comfort each other during the agonizing wait for news of relatives trapped inside a collapsed Miami condo building.
Twice a day, every day, for more than two weeks, relatives of the 86 who perished and 43 still missing have huddled in the spacious room, a new daily routine thrust upon them by an unfathomable disaster.
Familias de Surfside se unen para darse consuelo
Rachel Spiegel (der) cuya madre Judy vivía en el edificio derrumbado en Surfside, Florida, es abrazada por el alcalde de Surfside Charles Burkett el 26 de junio del 2021. (Foto AP/Lynne Sladky, File)
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La sala de festejos del Seaview Hotel en Surfside, antes un lugar cavernoso e impersonal, se ha convertido en un refugio donde las familias de las víctimas del derrumbe tratan de consolarse y darse apoyo mientras prosigue la ardua espera por noticias de sus seres queridos.
Dos veces al día, todos los días las últimas dos semanas, familiares de las 79 víctimas mortales y 61 desaparecidas se reúnen en la sala de festejos, una nueva rutina impuesta por la tragedia.
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