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MDFR Identifies “Voice In The Rubble” Victim

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A review by Miami Dade Fire Rescue has concluded that it was 36-year-old Theresa Velasquez, according to a memo obtained by CBS Miami.
SURFSIDE (CBSMiami) – Who was the voice in the rubble? That question has been one of the heartbreaking mysteries of the Surfside building collapse. A review by Miami Dade Fire Rescue has concluded that it was Theresa Velasquez, a 36-year-old entertainment industry executive from Los Angeles who was visiting her parents at the Champlain Towers South on the night of the collapse, according to a memo obtained by CBS Miami. Her parents – Julio, 67, and Angela, 60 – also died. Theresa Velasquez’s brother, David, said he accepts the findings of the fire department investigation. “There is no way to know 100 percent,” he told CBS Miami, “but it seems like the logical conclusion.”
According to the 11-page memo, written by Miami Dade Deputy Fire Chief Ray Jadallah, Velasquez did survive the initial collapse, but rescue crews were unable to reach her before she died. In the memo, dated April 25, and sent to Fire Chief Alan Cominsky, Jadallah notes his findings were based on more than two months of interviews with the crews who worked to extricate Velasquez. The report attempts to refute the findings of a USA Today investigation published in December which identified the voice in the rubble as 14-year-old Valeria Barth. The report also rebuts allegations that the actions of the rescue crews caused Valeria to burn to death when firefighters accidentally set fire to the room where the teenager was trapped.

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