Firefighter's daughter, 7, found in Florida condo rubble

[Omaha Steve]

Source: AP

By FREIDA FRISARO and TERRY SPENCER

SURFSIDE, Fla. (AP) — The body of a Miami firefighter’s 7-year-old daughter was recovered from the site of a South Florida condo collapse by the search and rescue team he had been assisting, officials said Friday.

The child was one of two victims found in the rubble of Champlain Towers South late Thursday, one week after the building partially collapsed. On Friday, Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava announced the death toll now stands at 20, with 128 people still considered missing in the wreckage.

Miami Mayor Francis Suarez confirmed that the child, whose name hasn’t been released, was the daughter of a firefighter. He said the family had asked for privacy.

“She was a member of our fire family,” Suarez said, adding that the entire fire department is grieving.



A dog aiding in the search walks past a team of Israeli search and rescue personnel, left, atop the rubble at the Champlain Towers South condo building, where scores of people remain missing one week after it partially collapsed, Friday, July 2, 2021, in Surfside, Fla. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)


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[SoCalDavidS]

1. I'm Assuming Her Parents Were Divorced, And She Was Living With Mother?

Meaning that her mom is also deceased.

[getagrip_already]

7. firefighters can be at work any time of the day/night..... bad assumption I'd say

Not everyone works normal hours, or even a specific geography. Being away from home on any given night needs no special explanation.

You might be right, but it's a reach. Just saying.

[SoCalDavidS]

11. I Say It Because I'd Think They Would State That He Lived There

And I have not heard anything about the mother. If he was married, and living there with his wife and daughter, once again I think that would be mentioned.

I honestly don't think it's a reach or a bad assumption. And obviously the 7 year old was not alone, meaning it's most likely the mother perished as well.

[getagrip_already]

13. or a care giver.....

Maybe he had custody, or he was a widower, and it was a sitter who was watching her?

You can come up with a dozen scenarios on both sides.

The tragedy is the 7 y.o. girl and anyone else in the apt/building. Family unit status is a silly game to play.

[hamsterjill]

2. Gut wrenching and heart breaking.

I'm so sorry for the lives lost. May they each rest in peace, and may their families have justice.

[Traildogbob]

5. Any one wanna wager

Trump will not breathe a single word of compassion for anyone lost in the condo at his Sarasota KKKlan rally tonight? It will be non stop deep state coming after him with witch hunt and fake accusations. He may blame the collapse on Antifa Terrorist, but that’s all he will say about it. DeSantas backed out of appearance, and praised “President” Biden’s compassion and help. Wait till Donnie gets rolling with his hate ranting, he will say something derogatory about his boy. Popcorn!!!

[SoCalDavidS]

12. Sorry, But You're Wrong

He won't say much, but I bet he says something brief. He's not going to completely ignore it, but he'll spend a tiny bit of time, so Faux News can play the clip, and all the Cult Members will think he's a swell guy.

DeSatan is going to be the Nominee in '24, and Drumpf is going to support him. That's my prediction. He's not going to say anything negative about DS, I'd bet anything on that.

[Traildogbob]

15. You may be right about '24

After 3 years of hell raining down on his business, and his family, he will be in no place to run. But he can be a king maker still with the cult. And as long as Fox controls the cult, he will be relevant.
If we are at civil war, guess Biden may be able to pull a trump and declare national emergency and the vote can’t happen. The goose and gander thingy.

[abqtommy]

3. RIP...

...

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

4. Anyone who thinks we're going to find any more alive

is delusional.

I will say I don't fully understand why body recovery is so slow.

[GulfCoast66]

8. Because many of the victims are buried under multiple floors of concrete.

And moving the debris is risky, dangerous work. It may be months before they find the last victim.

A person on the 3rd floor would have 9 layers of thick concrete burying them.

[SoCalDavidS]

16. Which Is Why I Can't Understand Them Still Calling It "Rescue"

Nobody wants to be the 1st to say it, and tell the families that they are all fatalities. But there really hasn't even been a tiny chance of finding someone alive outside of perhaps the 1st day.

[GulfCoast66]

19. You are correct. There is no one alive there.

I’d love to be wrong. But unless on the top floor everything in the other apartments was smashed flat.

I can’t imagine how hard it would be to manage messaging in a situation like this. Perhaps the thought is to let the families come to the conclusion that there are no survivors before calling it just a recovery mission? Because really, the families are all that really matters and I can see decisions being made based on their emotional state. Everyone else are just spectators.

But I’m just guessing.

Horrible.

[TallMike]

6. hmm...

I wonder if the Israeli SnR folk (no doubt amongst the best in the world due extensive experience), are looking at the rest of Florida and asking themselves if "This is what we could be!", or "This is what we might become?"
Asking for a friend...

[jimfields33]

9. Every area has bad weather or problems

Look at the west. Fires year after year. Northeast has pipe bursts, flooding, ect. Middle of the country tornadoes. Nowhere is immune.

[Tom Yossarian Joad]

10. I would be totally destroyed.

Sadly this will not be the only tragic tale we are to hear about in conjunction with this horror.

[3auld6phart]

14. Heartbreaking.

That is heartbreaking. I’m at a loss for words.

[Mickju]

17. This is just unbearably sad.

[Skittles]

18. ...