SURFSIDE, Fla. — The search efforts at a Miami-area condo building that collapsed June 24 shifted from rescue to recovery Wednesday, ending any hope of finding survivors but possibly providing relatives of the victims a sense of closure.
Miami-Dade Assistant Fire Chief Raide Jadallah told families that, after searching all areas of debris, officials have concluded it will now be next to impossible to find people alive.
“Our sole responsibility at this point is to bring closure,” he said, adding that workers concluded there was “no chance of life.”
Emergency teams will remove rescue dogs and sound devices but continue to search through the rubble for the bodies of victims, Jadallah told the families at a private briefing