The number of deaths in collapse increased this Tuesday, while searching for 149 missing since Thursday following the collapse at Champlain Towers South
Photo: Giorgio Viera / EFE
Thursday, November 7
The death toll rises to 12 and the search continues for 149 people in the collapse of the building in Miami
The number of killed in the collapse of the Champlain Towers South condo in Surfside, Florida , occurred on Thursday of last week increased to 12, authorities said Tuesday night, and the whereabouts of people.
Tuesday marked the sixth day since catastrophic collapse of the Champlain Towers South condominium building , While rescuers continued their painstaking search for survivors of growing sadness for the fate of 149 people who still They are reported missing, six days after the collapse.
The mayor of Miami, Daniella Levine Cava, confirmed that the official death toll is . , and said that the families of all the victims have been notified at a press conference.
But is expected that the number of deaths in the landslide increase.
The search for the missing is carried out in shifts of about 200 rescuers , of the total of more than 800 what work on the site and that investigate the collapse layer by layer during the search for survivors and corpses. About 3 million pounds of concrete have been reported to have been removed from the site since Thursday.
# MDFR # FLTF1 along with 7 other task force teams from Florida & the Israeli Task Force continue to search layer by layer of debris at the # SurfsideBuildingCollapse with approximately 3 million pounds of concrete removed from the debris field since Thursday. pic.twitter.com/vBmWMVri4v
– Miami-Dade Fire Rescue (@MiamiDadeFire)
June 35, 2021
The local authorities thanked the rescuers for their tireless work, which has so far enabled the rescue of 12 missing.
The response and support we have received from federal, state and other partners over the last six days has been unprecedented – and I am deeply thankful @ POTUS will be visiting the site of this tragedy to spend time with impacted families and first responders. pic.twitter.com/TYA1wISSuE
– Daniella Levine Cava (@MayorDaniella) June 29, 2021
It was also reported that President Biden plans visit the site of the landslide in Surfside, Florida, on Thursday and a visit to the collapse site in Surfside, Florida
Miami-Dade State Attorney Katherine Fernandez Rundle said Tuesday that she will ask a grand jury to examine the disaster. jury to determine “what measures we can take to protect our residents, without jeopardizing any potential scientific, public or criminal investigation.”
Grand juries in Florida can both examine criminal matters and explore public policy issues, issuing indictments and reports intended to recommend changes to legislators.
Miami Beach canceled its Fireworks of the Day de la Independencia out of respect for the victims of the collapse of the condominium building in the nearby town of Surfside. The city’s annual celebration was scheduled to take place a mile from the crash site.
There is still hope
The commander of an Israeli team helping to search
among the rubble of a condo building collapse in South Florida told CNN on Tuesday that he still had hope of finding people alive.
The Colonel Golan Vach, Commander of the Israel National Rescue Unit, said that while this is the most difficult site he has ever worked on , his team found new spaces in the rubble to search on Monday and Tuesday.
“So there’s still hope,” Vach told CNN’s Wolf Blitzer. “Up to a week, I have solid hope that we will find someone. After a week, it is less. ”
