At least 12 people have been confirmed dead as of Tuesday evening.
The confirmed death toll in Surfside, Florida, rose to at least 12 on Tuesday, according to Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava. Search and rescue crews have removed more than 3 million pounds of debris from the collapse site as they search for the remaining 149 people who are unaccounted for. First responders expressed their shock in some of the first calls to come from the scene on the morning of the collapse. «We have a 13-story building with most of the building gone. This is gonna be high priority,» one responder said. «This building does not look stable,» per the audio recording. «I see many people on the balconies,» a responder said. «The building is gone. There’s no elevator. This is nothing. I mean, it almost resembles the Trade Center.
