Firefighters on Friday concluded their search for bodies at the site of the June 24 collapse of the Champlain Towers South condominium in Surfside, Florida.
Driving the news: 97 people were killed and one woman, Estelle Hedaya, remains missing.
- "They’re closing the support room, there’s nothing left, it’s finished," Hedaya's best friend, Lisa Shrem, told the Washington Post. "The site is even cleared below the foundation, so I feel like it’s, ‘Okay, close the book.’ What could be worse than that?"
- Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava said during a July 14 briefing that the remains found at that point could no longer be visually identified, per NPR.
- "As we've said, this work is becoming more difficult with the passage of time," Levine Cava said, according to NPR.
Our @CityofMiamiFire and @FLTF2USAR returned home after their tireless work in #Surfside - thank you for your hard work, courage, and dedication #heroes pic.twitter.com/ciWKyBTvOk
— Asst. Chief Manny Morales (@MoralesMiamiPD) July 23, 2021
