Rescueman discovers his own daughter in the rubble of collapsed building in Miami-Dade

July 2, 2021

Photo : CRISTOBAL HERRERA-ULASHKEVICH / EFE

For: EFE 02 of July 2021

MIAMI, Florida – Two more bodies were extracted from the rubble of the partially collapsed building in Surfside, Miami-Dade, including that of the seven-year-old daughter of a Miami firefighter , and with them the death toll rose to 20, authorities confirmed this Friday.

Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava, updated the figures of the search and rescue operation, which this Friday entered its ninth day.

20 dead so far and 120 missing

Today, there are 20 dead people, 188 found alive, a figure higher than the previously existing one, due to the strict verification fication that is performed constantly, and 120 missing.

The mayor mentioned the high “human cost” that the operation is having among the first responders and asked everyone to keep them in their thoughts and prayers.

Rescuer discovers his own daughter among the rubble

The Local TV channel 07 had advanced this morning that a rescue worker had found Thursday night among the debris of the partially collapsed building the his own daughter’s body, which the authorities have now confirmed.

The outlet obtained the information from another member of the task forces, who asked not to be identified.

According to that source, when it occurred the discovery of the girl’s body , other rescuers lowered him from the mountain of rubble and the father of the deceased covered him with his jacket and placed a small US flag on top

Resume search tasks after 15 outage hours

This Thursday the search for victims resumed after 15 hours of interruption , for fear of possible collapses in the remaining part of the Champlain Towers South building, of 35 years old and 136 apartments, of which 55 fell apart.

Levine Cava indicated that the engineers are evaluating the impact of the demolition of the part of the building still standing, but doing so may “take weeks,” and he stressed that rescuers are willing to start expanding the search area for possible victims.

TO the instability of the building adds as a cause for concern the possible arrival of Hurricane Elsa in South Florida early next week.

Levine Cava urged Miami-Dade residents to make plans for a possible impact, as is being done for the site where the collapse occurred on 24 June.

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