An intense search operation with trained dogs and sonar looking for any signs of life continued into Friday morning after the partial collapse of the Champlain Towers condo complex just north of Miami Beach.
Mayor Daniella Levine Cava of Miami-Dade County said three bodies had been pulled from the rubble overnight, bringing the known death toll to four. She said 159 people were unaccounted for, a number which had risen from 99 on Thursday.
President Biden on Friday approved an emergency declaration, authorizing the Federal Emergency Management Agency to assist.
Miami-Dade county mayor on apartment building collapse: “We’re focused right now on search and rescue.”https://t.co/I7VDTaOIjo pic.twitter.com/JcJfNc28GD
— Good Morning America (@GMA) June 25, 2021
#UPDATE 14: #MDPD & @MiamiDadeFire have been working through the night. Officials will be meeting soon to discuss the latest developments. A press briefing will be held immediately after to update our community. #SurfsideBuildingCollapse pic.twitter.com/nlJXAsVYeO
— Miami-Dade Police (@MiamiDadePD) June 25, 2021
NEW: The heartbreaking task of recovering the bodies of victims at the site of the condo collapse in Surfside began overnight and continued into Friday morning.
Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava said authorities have now confirmed 4 deaths. https://t.co/VqJ1LZojjf
— Miami Herald (@MiamiHerald) June 25, 2021
The Jewish community is urged at this time not to give up hope and continue to Daven for the following names:
Arie Leib ben Ita
Chaim ben Sara
Esther bas Linda
Ita bas Miriam
Leibel ben Feige Rivka
Lein ben Ilana
Malka bas Sara Rochel
Moshe ben Shoshana
Moshe ben Toba
Ruth bas Sarah
Tzvi Doniel ben Yehudis
Yisroel Tzvi Yosef ben Toiba
