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Families of 149 missing in condo collapse grow weary waiting for answers; ex-Surfside official who gave building OK placed on leave


Families of 149 missing in condo collapse grow weary waiting for answers; ex-Surfside official who gave building OK placed on leave
Christine Fernando, Jesse Mendoza and Jorge L. Ortiz, USA TODAY
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Rescuers continue to search through the rubble of the Champlain Towers south condo collapse in Surfside, Fla. on Tuesday, June 29, 2021.
SURFSIDE, Fla. – Six days after a condo building outside Miami collapsed, families of the 149 missing people are growing weary as they desperately wait for answers.
The death toll rose to 12, Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava said late Tuesday afternoon. Their relatives have been notified by authorities. ....

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Miami condo collapse: Death toll grows to 12; Biden visits Thursday


Rescuers rotate in 12-hour shifts; none severely injured
Hundreds of Miami-Dade County fire rescue workers rotated in 12-hour shifts at the collapse site, searching for any signs of survivors. No rescue workers have been severely injured, but one worker took a 25-foot tumble, officials said.
Every time there is an action, there is a reaction, said Raide Jadallah, assistant chief of rescue operations for the Miami-Dade County Fire Rescue Team, describing what he called a complex search-and-rescue operation.
Family members saw the danger firsthand Sunday when authorities allowed them to tour the site. They witnessed a rescuer tumble 25 feet down the mound, he said. ....

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