Family Of Those Missing In Florida Collapse Marvel How Lengthy To Hope For A Miracle

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 In the beginning, Pablo Rodriguez hoped his mom and grandmother would possibly be amongst the fortunate ones.


Family Of Those Missing In Florida Collapse

He waited for information at the family reunification center Thursday after that first, near-incomprehensible phone call about the collapse of Champlain Towers South. Even after pictures started emerging, displaying ruins where his mother’s condo building once stood, he held onto hope.


By Sunday, that hope had mostly run out.


Four days into the search for survivors trapped in the rubble, more than one hundred fifty people remain missing. And although the number of bodies recognized has slowly ticked up — to nine, by Sunday night — there have been no rescues since the early hours of the collapse.


Even so, officials have stated they nevertheless hope to discover some people alive. “Hope — that’s what I’m focusing on,” Miami-Dade Fire Chief Alan Cominsky stated during a morning news conference. “So I’m going to proceed that as much as possible. That’s the driving message.”

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