“We’ve truly exhausted every option available to us in the search and rescue mission,” said Mayor Daniella Levine Cava of Miami-Dade County.
The search of the collapsed condo building in Surfside, Florida, has switched from a rescue effort to a recovery operation. At least 54 people have been confirmed dead and 86 are still missing nearly two weeks after the building collapsed in the middle of the night, said Mayor Daniella Levine Cava of Miami-Dade County. “We’ve truly exhausted every option available to us in the search and rescue mission,” Cava said Wednesday, adding that the families of the victims were told of the “extremely difficult decision” earlier in the day. “To share this news with the families, this evening, who are still missing their loved ones was devastating.
