![]() One of the reasons the demolition was deemed necessary was to make it possible to expand the search to areas closer to the now demolished part building which was still standing, including an area where master bedrooms from the collapsed condo units were likely located. “We’re now at 100 percent full strength, full-on pulling everybody out of that rubble pile,” Surfside Mayor Charles Burkett told CNN on Tuesday. Rescue efforts ramped up at the site as Tropical Storm Elsa continued its crawl toward Florida. The bodies of eight more people were pulled from the rubble on Tuesday, the Associated Press reports. This puts the current death toll at 46 and 32 of those individuals have been identified. Miami-Dade Assistant Fire Chief Raide Jadallah told family members Wednesday that 10 victims and “additional human remains” were recovered from the collapse scene, according to reporting from the Associated Press. ![]() “Our sole responsibility at this point is to bring closure,” Jadallah said. ![]() On July 7, the Associated Press reports that Miami-Dade Assistant Fire Chief Raide Jadallah told families in private the emergency crews would remove rescue dogs and sound devices from the rubble site and that after two weeks of rescue searches, emergency officials would officially switch to recovery. The rescue stage ends as officials continue recovery effort “I can’t imagine why anyone would choose to live in a place where more than 100 people will likely have died.” “My clients are in favor of the site being a memorial,” attorney Robert McKee, who is representing several survivors and family members, told the Associated Press. According to Miami-Dade Fire Chief Alan Cominsky, the recovery phase will last two to three weeks, but that estimate is on a “sliding scale.”Īs for the land itself, survivors and the families of the victims will decide what should be done with the land. With the rescue officially called off, a debate now begins over how to approach the rubble at Champlain Towers South. ![]()
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