Surfside condo collapse death toll climbs to 54 as search switches from rescue to recovery: 'No chan
SURFSIDE, Fla. — The search efforts at a Miami-area condo building that collapsed June 24 shifted from rescue to recovery Wednesday, ending any hope of finding survivors but possibly providing relatives of the victims a sense of closure.
Miami-Dade Assistant Fire Chief Raide Jadallah told families that, after searching all areas of debris, officials have concluded it will now be next to impossible to find people alive.
“Our sole responsibility at this point is to bring closure,” he said, adding that workers concluded there was "no chance of life.''
Emergency teams would remove rescue dogs and sound devices but would continue to search through the rubble for the bodies of victims, Jadallah told the families at a private briefing Wednesday.
At a late-afternoon news conference, Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava updated the confirmed death toll in the tragedy to 54 – eight more than earlier in the day – and said 86 people remain unaccounted for. She added that the transition to recovery efforts would begin at midnight after a 7:15 p.m. ceremony and moment of silence for the victims.
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It was sadly obvious from the video of the collapse there was basically no way anyone physically in the part that fell had any chance of making it.
