Condo collapse: 'Rescue' operation switches gears into 'recovery,' with little hope of more survivors
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Florida officials have shifted gears at the Surfside high-rise collapse site from search and rescue to recovery Wednesday – meaning that they don't expect to find additional survivors.
The decision to end the rescue effort came after crews completed a search of the last area where they expected to find "voids," or pockets of debris large enough to possible contain survivors. A worker makes her way past the rubble and debris of the Champlain Towers South condo in Surfside, Fla., on Tuesday, July 6, 2021. (Matias J. Ocner/Miami Herald via AP) (Matias J. Ocner/Miami Herald via AP) Rescue workers move a stretcher containing recovered remains at the site of the collapsed Champlain Towers South condo building, in Surfside, Fla., on Monday. (AP) ( ) Rescuers search for victims at a collapsed South Florida condo building Monday, July 5, 2021, in Surfside, Fla., after demolition crews set off a string of explosives that brought down the last of the Champlain Towers South building in a plume of dust on Sunday. (Carl Juste/Miami Herald via AP) (Carl Juste/Miami Herald via AP) Rescue crews work at the site of the collapsed Champlain Towers South condo building after the remaining structure was demolished Sunday, in Surfside, Fla., Monday, July 5, 2021. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky) (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky) Rescue crews work at the site of the collapsed Champlain Towers South condo building after the remaining structure was demolished Sunday, in Surfside, Fla., Monday, July 5, 2021. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky) (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky) A pile of debris remains the morning after the partially collapsed 12-story Champlain Towers South condo was taken down with a controlled demolition on July 5, 2021, in Surfside, Fla. (Saul Martinez/Getty Images) (Saul Martinez/Getty Images) A pile of debris remains after the partially collapsed 12-story Champlain Towers South condo was taken down with a controlled demolition on July 5, 2021, in Surfside, Fla. (Saul Martinez/Getty Images) (Saul Martinez/Getty Images) Debris after the rest of the Champlain South tower was demolished in a controlled explosion in Surfside, Fla., north of Miami Beach late on July 4, 2021. (GIORGIO VIERA/AFP via Getty Images) (GIORGIO VIERA/AFP via Getty Images) The rest of the Champlain South tower is demolished in Surfside, Fla., north of Miami Beach late on July 4, 2021. (GIORGIO VIERA/AFP via Getty Images) (GIORGIO VIERA/AFP via Getty Images) Search and rescue personnel work atop the rubble at the Champlain Towers South condo building, where scores of people remain missing more than a week after it partially collapsed, Friday, July 2, 2021, in Surfside, Fla. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert) Many of the victims found throughout the day were dead in their beds. The high rise crumbled in the early morning hours of June 24, when most residents were sleeping. No survivors have been pulled from the rubble since the hours immediately following the tragedy. During a news conference earlier in the day, Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava repeatedly tried not to weep, paused and shook her head as she described the effect of the tragedy on rescue workers and the families of the victims.More Related News