SURFSIDE, Fla. – Families and friends of the 159 people missing after the collapse of a condo building in a Miami suburb were clinging to hope on Friday as rescue workers sifted through a mountain of debris for signs of life, having found four dead so far.
Three more bodies were pulled from the rubble overnight after one person was reported dead on Thursday, and there were 159 people presumed missing on Friday afternoon.
“We have one goal in mind now and that is to bring people out alive and that’s all we’re doing,” Surfside Mayor Charles Burkett told reporters on Friday. “We’re not stopping.”
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