Rescue work resumes 'in areas that are safe' at condo site as Biden leaves South Florida Douglas Hanks, Bianca Padró Ocasio, Martin Vassolo, David Ovalle, and Alex Harris, The Miami Herald Jul. 1—After a 15-hour hiatus, the search-and-rescue effort at Champlain Towers South Condo resumed Thursday evening, just as President Joe Biden boarded a plane and concluded his visit to South Florida. Biden's visit, a week after the building collapsed, included visits with first responders and grieving families as well as a brief stop at one of the memorial walls. He and first lady Jill Biden laid a bouquet of white flowers next to several saint candles. They held hands while they looked at the photos of some of the faces of victims and missing persons.