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Headline Roundup July 8th, 2021

Officials End Search for Survivors in Florida Condo Collapse

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Officials ended the search for survivors at a collapsed Surfside, Florida condominium building on Wednesday, shifting from rescue to recovery overnight. As of Thursday afternoon, 60 were confirmed dead with 80 still missing; no survivors had been found since the day of the collapse. β€œAt this point, we have truly exhausted every option available to us in the search and rescue mission,” Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava said Wednesday night. The collapse has sparked new scrutiny of building regulations in the area. 

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

Miami Herald

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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.

β€œThe 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...

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At least 60 people dead in Florida condo collapse, 80 missing with hope for survivors β€˜near zero’
At least 60 people dead in Florida condo collapse, 80 missing with hope for survivors β€˜near zero’

CNBC

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At least 60 are confirmed dead and 80 unaccounted for after the search at the site of a collapsed Florida condominium building shifted from rescue to recovery overnight, Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava said in a press conference Thursday morning.

β€œThe work continues with all speed and urgency, all task forces are being deployed from across the country and the world,” Levine Cava said. β€œWe are working around the clock to recover victims, and to bring closure to the families as fast as we possibly can.”

Two weeks after...

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Death toll in Florida building collapse rises to 60 as search moves to recovery phase
Death toll in Florida building collapse rises to 60 as search moves to recovery phase

New York Post (News)

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The number of confirmed dead at the site of the collapsed Florida condo building jumped to 60 overnight, with rescue workers pulling six more bodies from the rubble, officials said at a briefing Thursday morning.

β€œIt’s officially two weeks since this unthinkable and unprecedented tragedy shook our community and the world,” Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava said as she announced the additional fatalities since the previous total of 54.

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