Surfside, FL, Mayor Charles W. Burkett on the overnight 12-story condo collapse:
“The problem is the building has literally pancaked … It’s heartbreaking because it doesn’t mean, to me, that we’re going to be successful, as successful as we want to be, to find people alive.”
“The problem is the building has literally pancaked … It’s heartbreaking because it doesn’t mean, to me, that we’re going to be successful, as successful as we want to be, to find people alive.”
More from Surfside, FL, Mayor Charles W. Burkett:
“There’s no reason for this building to go down like that unless someone literally pulls out the supports from underneath, or they get washed out or there’s a sinkhole …”
“There’s no reason for this building to go down like that unless someone literally pulls out the supports from underneath, or they get washed out or there’s a sinkhole …”
“It’s less likely than a lightning strike. It just doesn’t happen. You don’t see buildings falling down in America, and here we had a building literally falling down.”
— Surfside, FL, Mayor Charles W. Burkett on overnight condo collapse
— Surfside, FL, Mayor Charles W. Burkett on overnight condo collapse
Ray Jadallah of @MiamiDadeFire:
• 35 people pulled from collapsed condo building
• 10 treated and 2 transported to hospitals
• Rescue efforts ongoing
• 35 people pulled from collapsed condo building
• 10 treated and 2 transported to hospitals
• Rescue efforts ongoing
Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) says the state is “bracing” for more deaths after condo building collapsed with over 80% occupancy.
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