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9 Confirmed Dead, 156 Still Missing In Surfside Condo Collapse

a view of the champlain towers south from the water
Al Diaz
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Miami Herald
Rescue crews continued working through the weekend at the site of Champlain Towers South, which collapsed early Thursday morning.

Rescuers have recovered another four bodies in the wreckage of the Champlain Towers condominium collapse, bringing the total to nine dead and 156 still missing since the Surfside building collapsed early Thursday.

The new bodies were discovered along with “additional human remains” in a trench dug into the rubble to add search and rescue teams scouring the mountain of debris.

“We are making every effort to identify those others that have been recovered,” Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava said in a Sunday morning press conference.

Read more from our news partner the Miami Herald

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