Tag: Surfside

‘Excruciating’: Florida Collapse Search Stretches to Day 6

SURFSIDE, Florida—The slow work of sifting through the remnants of a collapsed Florida condo building stretched into a sixth day Tuesday, as families desperate for progress endured a wrenching wait for answers. “We have people waiting and waiting and waiting for news,” Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava told reporters. “We have them coping with the…


Mom With Broken Pelvis Rescues Daughter During Surfside Condo Collapse After Falling 4 Stories

Amidst tragedy—when a 12-story oceanfront condo in Miami collapsed Thursday morning—an act of heroism was shown when a badly injured mom pulled her daughter from the rubble. Angela Gonzalez, 40, and her 16-year-old daughter, Devon, were on the ninth floor of the Surfside Chaplain Towers when the level they were on collapsed and together they…


Rescuers Search Around the Clock for Survivors of Florida Building Collapse

SURFSIDE, Fla.—Prospects for recovering survivors from a Florida high-rise diminished with each passing hour on Saturday, two full days after the 12-story condominium mysteriously collapsed while many residents slept. Even so, search-and-rescue teams worked around the clock through an unstable mountain of debris looking for signs of life from any of the 159 people still…


Miami Surfside Building Collapse Death Toll Rises to 4, 159 Still Unaccounted For

Authorities on Friday morning said that the death toll from the partial collapse of a residential building in South Florida has increased to four, as about 159 people still remain unaccounted for. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, a Republican, declared an emergency on Thursday evening following the collapse, which will allow for the easier flow of…


Death Toll Rises to 4 in Miami Surfside Building Collapse, 159 Still Unaccounted For

Authorities on Friday morning said that the death toll from the partial collapse of a residential building in South Florida has increased to four, as about 159 people still remain unaccounted for. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, a Republican, declared an emergency on Thursday evening following the collapse, which will allow for the easier flow of…