For four weeks, emergency services in Miami had been looking for survivors after a high-rise collapse. The salvage work is now over. One woman is still missing.
Miami – One month after the partial collapse of a twelve-story high-rise building in the US state of Florida with dozens of deaths, the fire department has ended its rescue work at the accident site.
The mayor of Miami-Dade, Daniella Levine Cava, praised the emergency services as “true superheroes”. Not only did they give everything in the search for victims, they also showed their relatives a lot of care and compassion.
One woman is still missing
97 people were killed in the accident. A 54 year old woman is still missing. The residential complex known as Champlain Towers South with around 130 units had partially collapsed on June 24th in Surfside near Miami for reasons that were still unexplained. The rest of the building, in danger of collapsing, was later deliberately blown up. Survivors were only found in the first hours after the collapse. Around two weeks ago, the rescue was therefore converted into a salvage operation.
The rubble has now been almost completely removed and stored near Miami International Airport. There, forensic experts from the police will continue the search for human remains and personal items, as mayor Levine Cava announced according to media reports. dpa
