Politics & Government
Bodies Of Two Children Recovered From Surfside Condo Rubble; Deaths Hit 18
Two more bodies have been recovered from the ruins of the Champlain Towers South in Surfside, and they are children, Mayor Levine Cava said.
June 30, 2021
Two more bodies have been recovered from the ruins of the Champlain Towers South in Surfside, and they are children, Miami Dade County Mayor Danielle Levine Cava announced Wednesday evening.
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That brings the death count to 18.
The children were aged 10 years and 4 years, she said. That leaves 139 people accounted for and 145 not accounted for.
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She did not mention the children’s names.
“Any loss of life, especially given the unexpected, unprecedented nature of this event is a tragedy. But the loss of our children is too great to bear,” Cava said during a news conference.
Earlier Wednesday, officials said they’re not giving up hope of recovering survivors from the remains of the condominium building, which pancaked early Thursday last week.
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