7-year-old daughter of firefighter amongst victim of Florida condo collapse; death toll rises to 20: Update
The daughter of a Miami firefighter, aged 7, was amongst the two additional bodies found in the rubble of the collapsed condo building outside Miami. The casualties have raised the death toll to 20 with 128 people still missing.
“This tragedy has haunted so many of us because so many of us know somebody who was in the building or affected by this tragedy,” City of Miami Mayor Francis Suarez said Friday at a news conference. “Now, not only do we know someone, but this is someone who is a member of our family, of our fire family.”
Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava described the night as “uniquely difficult” for first responders.
“Please keep all of them in your thoughts and prayers,” she said. “They truly represent the very best in all of us and we need to be there for them as they’ve been there for us.”
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