Family members gather in Florida awaiting news of loved ones after building collapse

Record ID: 1623786

  • Title: Family members gather in Florida awaiting news of loved ones after building collapse
  • Date: 27th June 2021
  • Summary: SURFSIDE, FLORIDA, UNITED STATES (JUNE 27, 2021) (REUTERS) BUS DRIVING ON STREET FAMILY MEMBERS OF VICTIMS OF CONDO COLLAPSE WALK INTO GRAND BEACH HOTEL BUSES ON STREET IN FRONT OF HOTEL
  • Embargoed: 11th July 2021 23:53
  • Keywords: Florida condo building collapsed buildin debris family members rubble search and rescue
  • Location: SURFSIDE, FLORIDA, UNITED STATES
  • City: SURFSIDE, FLORIDA, UNITED STATES
  • Country: USA
  • Topics: Disaster/Accidents,United States
  • Reuters ID: LVA001EJ6G18N
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: Family members gathered in Florida Sunday (June 27) awaiting news on loved ones after a building collapsed in Surfside.
    The death toll rose to nine with more than 150 people still missing, rescue teams kept picking through the rubble of the Florida condo building that collapsed three days ago, as questions swirled about the tower's structural integrity.
    Officials in Surfside, the shore town near Miami where the building stood along the oceanfront, said hope remained that search teams would discover survivors in air pockets that may have formed in the pancaked debris.
    Even so, Fire Chief Alan Cominsky said on Sunday crews had yet to find any signs of life.
    Some families of those missing have provided DNA samples to officials while others recounted narrow escapes. Police released the names of four victims who ranged in age from 54 to 83. They were a couple married for 58 years who were devoted to one another, a volunteer Little League baseball coach and the mother of a 15-year-old boy who was one of the few survivors of the collapse.
    Photographs of the missing were posted on a nearby fence, along with flowers and messages. "The Lord is My Refuge" read one handmade sign. "Surfside God is with you," said another.
    (Production: Marco Bello, Joe Skipper, Deborah Lutterbeck)
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