Surfside death toll jumps to 60 one day after shift from search-and-rescue to recovery

Two weeks after the building collapse at Surfside, Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava said 60 bodies have been recovered from the rubble, as authorities pledged on their first official day of search and recovery to find every single victim.

“The work continues with all speed and all urgency,” said Levine Cava during a press briefing on Thursday morning.

First responders paused their work briefly at 1:20 a.m. to honor the victims of the collapse and mark two full weeks since the partial collapse. As of Thursday morning, 80 people remained missing, Levine Cava said.