As search-and-rescue teams sifted through the rubble of a collapsed Florida condominium building for a seventh day on Wednesday, authorities had confirmed 18 victims of the deadly disaster, while 147 people remained missing. Those recovered from rubble in the oceanside town of Surfside included the mother of a local police chief, a Costa Rica-born accountant, a family of four, and a young Puerto Rican graphic artist who refused to let a disability dampen his spirits. Here are brief profiles of some of the identified victims: Hilda Noreiga Hilda Noriega, 92, was the mother of Carlos Noriega, the police chief of nearby North Bay Village, an island community in Biscayne Bay. He had previously been police chief of Miami Beach. “The Noriegas have lost the ‘heart and soul’ and ‘matriarch’ of their family, but will get through this time by embracing the unconditional love Hilda was known for,” the village said …