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The rescue operation continues
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Since the beginning of the search and rescue operation, not a single surviving tenant of the house has been retrieved from the rubble.
In the United States, the death toll in the collapse of a 12-story apartment building in Surfside, Miami-Dade County, Florida, has risen to 22, including three children. informs Saturday night, July 3, The Associated Press.
It is noted that on the ninth day after the disaster, rescuers removed the bodies of four victims from the rubble, including a seven-year-old girl.
At the same time, the number of missing persons decreased from 145 at once to 126, since it was possible to establish contact with some potential victims, and they turned out to be “alive and well”.
According to the newspaper, since the beginning of the search and rescue operation, which continues around the clock, from under the rubble it was not possible to get a single surviving tenant of the house. Under the rubble are believed to be citizens of at least nine countries, in particular the United States, Russia, Israel and a number of Latin American states.
A world-class rescue team from Mexico has landed in Surfside, Florida, following the collapse of the Champlain Towers South condo.
Meet Los Topos, aka “the moles.” pic.twitter.com/fIr286VApY
— The Recount (@therecount) June 30, 2021
‘It’s one of the most difficult and complicated situations that I’ve ever seen’: Colonel Golan Vach, head the Israel Defense Forces’ National Rescue Unit, describes the rescue operation at the crumbled condo building in Surfside, Florida https://t.co/ThJIyvEl1P pic.twitter.com/91NPZiQZtV
— Reuters (@Reuters) June 29, 2021
Recall multi-storey building collapsed on the night of June 24. About 400 rescuers are working in shifts at the scene of the tragedy. They also came to their aid ten Israeli military specialists in the field of engineering.
1 July crash site visited by the President of the United States Joe Biden with his wife. The head of state suggested that global warming could be one of the reasons for the collapse of the building.
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