Surfside mayor says security will be tightened at the condo collapse location

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Surfside mayor says security will be tightened at the condo collapse location, which he says is a 'holy site'

https://www.cnn.com/2021/07/13/us/miami-dade-building-collapse-tuesday/index.html

(CNN)As the death toll in the Surfside condo collapse nears 100, officials said security at the location will be tightened, with only authorized personnel allowed at the site in the near future. Surfside Mayor Charles Burkett said he is speaking with city officials and families of the victims to discuss future plans at the location.

"I first want to touch on something that's become more and more apparent as the operation has gone on -- and that is the significance of that site with respect to the people who have lost their lives there," the mayor said during a briefing Monday. "It is the right thing to do because it is obvious that this has become more than a collapsed building site, it's a holy site."

Crews recovered another body in the rubble overnight Monday into Tuesday, bringing the total number of victims to 95, and another 14 people are still unaccounted for. So far, 85 of the victims have been identified and 85 next of kin have been notified, Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava said.

One victim was identified Tuesday as 1-year-old Aishani Gia Patel, the youngest victim identified thus far. Cava also stated that crews have been hard at work removing over 18 million pounds of concrete from the collapse site.

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1. It should be a memorial park

but this is Miami, so money will rule