The White House announced Tuesday that The president and the first lady will move to Surfside, Florida next Thursday, where a condominium partially collapsed, leaving dead and 150 missing
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Tuesday, October 22
Biden and his wife will visit the area of the building collapse in Surfside on Thursday
President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden will travel to Surfside, Florida, on Thursday, to the site where a residential building partially collapsed in the coastal city last week, the White House announced Tuesday.
At least 11 people have died and 150 are missing , while search and rescue teams continue to search for the missing. No survivors have been found since last week.
On your visit, Biden and the First Lady will meet with members of the rescue teams and families of the victims, said Jen Psaki, a spokeswoman for the White House, to the journalists accompanying the president on a trip to a political event today in Wisconsin.
“They want to thank the heroic emergency teams and all those who have worked tirelessly, and meet with the families who have been forced to go through this terrible tragedy to offer them comfort as the search efforts continue, “said the spokeswoman about the meetings planned by the president on his trip to Florida.
This morning, Biden had already anticipated his intention to travel to the scene of the tragedy happened last week ana.
“Yes, I hope so. As soon as we can. Maybe as soon as Thursday, “the president responded to questions about whether he plans to travel to that town north of Miami.
Psaki reported on Monday that they have been sent resources from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and experts from various federal agencies such as the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and the FBI also work to help in the rescue and in the analysis of what happened to the area of the event .
The number of missing from the collapse now stands at , while those found alive are 136, said this Monday the mayor of Miami-Dade, Daniella Levine Cava, who promised to go “all the way” in the investigation to determine the causes of this tragedy that has affected individuals and families in various countries.
For reasons not yet determined, the northeast wing of the Champlain Towers Building, opened at 1981 and with a total of 136 apartments, collapsed in the early morning of of June, when its inhabitants slept.
Most of the fatalities identified so far were of Hispanic origin, like many of the rescuers, including teams from other areas of the US and also from countries such as Mexico and Israel.
With information from Agencies
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