she was found in the rubble along with her mother. stella, 7 years old, the daughter of a miami city firefighter. that firefighter we are told was on the site at the time that they foundi stella. he was not right there but was around that area, then they brought him over to that to see and to let him know about his daughter. she was also there along with her grandparents and their aunt. all of them still missing. they have confirmed that stella and her mother graciella perished in the rubble. just the scale of the tragedy. brian, you ve been down there, you know it, but it s tough to get your head around still every single day. brian todd, thanks again for your great reporting. i want to bring in now dr. richard moon. he s an anesthesiologist, a professor at duke university school of medicine and an expert on survival under extreme conditions. dr. moon, today makes more than nine days since that building collapsed. more than 120 people still
firefighter. what more can you tell us about her? reporter: right, phil. it s just really tough to talk about this afternoon. we had a lady here who says that five of her family members were in the tower when it collapsed and we did confirm that a 7-year-old girl was pulled from the rubble within the past 36 hours or so. we do have her name. her name is stella catarosi, 7 years old. she is the daughter of a miami city firefighter. she was confirmed dead in the rubble along with her mother, graciella. three other members remain missing, their grandparents and the little girl s aunt, andrea, visiting from argentina. those three are missing. but 7-year-old stella and her mother were among the dead. the father, who is a miami city firefighter, was in the area and working in the area of the rescue when they did find her. he was made aware of it and
here. a lady named nicole mejas says five of her family members were in the tower when it collapsed. we have confirmed 7-year-old stella catarosi was one of those family members. she was found in the rubble along with her mother, graciella. her father is a miami city firefighter who was at the scene at the time that his daughter was found. he was not right there at the time, but he was brought over to the scene when her discovery was made. there are three more family members missing, two of the grandparents and an aunt. so very, very heartbreaking regarding this family. absolutely. but important to tell the stories and make sure people recognize as we focus on the building and the storm and everything else, the human cost and human tragedy here as i know you ve been focused on. brian todd, thanks for the reporting, really appreciate it. up next, a minneapolis judge ruled that the city must add more police officers to its police department. we ll bring you the details and the reason
so we have that detail to report to you this afternoon, phil. just a lot of information coming out about the maintenance of that building or lack thereof that may have contributed to the collapse. again, we may not know the real cause of this for months. yeah, just so many details seem to keep coming out every day. great reporting by you and our colleagues, yet it still feels very tip of the iceberg. we focus on the building but we re learning heart breaking details about one of the victims. a 7-year-old victim is the daughter of a city of miami firefighter. what more can you tell us about that tragic story? reporter: well, phil, this is really difficult to talk about for anybody looking at these pictures of this little girl, any parents out there. we do have some detail. there was a letter named nicole mejias who told us that five family members were in champlain south when it collapsed, including a picture of this little girl, 7-year-old stella catarosi.