Emergency workers engaged in the search and rescue operation at the collapsed condo in Surfside, Florida, have shifted their efforts to recovering the remains of victims on Wednesday as hope faded at the two week mark of finding any further survivors. The Champlain Towers South, a residential oceanfront apartment building, collapsed at about 1:30 a.m. on June 24. Rescue crews have been carrying out round-the-clock searches over the past 14 days. The formal transition from rescue to recovery was set to take place at midnight, with a moment of silence scheduled for shortly after 7 p.m. “It’s with profound sadness that tonight we transition our operation from search and rescue to search and recovery,” Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava said in a statement late Wednesday. “May God bring peace to all whose hearts have been broken, and may He watch over our community in the hard days ahead.” The mayor …
With ‘Profound Sadness,’ Crews Shift From Rescue to Recovery at Surfside Collapse Site
July 7, 2021
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