Search-and-rescue at collapsed tower paused for demolition

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Search-and-rescue efforts at the Miami-area condo building that collapsed 10 days ago were suspended Saturday to prepare for demolition of the portion left standing, officials said.

"Search and rescue does have to pause while the demolition preparation is underway," Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava said at a news conference. "Preparation includes actions like drilling into columns in the unsafe structure."

Search-and-rescue operations were paused at 4 p.m., she said, and engineers at the site would tell first responders when it could resume.

Plans for demolition of the standing portion of the complex were accelerated as Tropical Storm Elsa loomed.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/officials-race-to-demolish-rest-of-collapsed-miami-building-ahead-of-tropical-storm/ar-AALJyY7

[msongs]

1. is the state paying off all the mortgages on condemned units? they still must be paid nt

[Hekate]

4. Should the condemned building have been left up until it, too, collapsed & killed 150 people?

No, I do not think the state pays off mortgages. Owners carry insurance, often not enough, but their mortgages are their business.

[RockRaven]

2. What a sick farce, they're still calling it "search and rescue"

They're not doing the families any favors by doing that.

[crickets]

3. Agreed. It would be kinder to stop doing it. nt

[happybird]

5. +2