官员们周三表示，由于86人仍下落不明，在佛罗里达州倒塌的Surfside公寓大楼的搜索和救援工作已转向恢复工作。
迈阿密戴德县市长丹妮尔·莱文·卡瓦(Daniella Levine Cava)在搜寻工作的第14天，即周三晚上的新闻发布会上说:“今天下午，我能够分享我们做出了从搜救行动过渡到恢复的极其困难的决定，这令人深感悲伤。
市长说，紧急救援人员已经“真正用尽了我们在搜救任务中的所有选择”，并指出，仍然失踪的人的家人已经被告知决定过渡到恢复工作，并“帮助结束”。
迈阿密戴德消防救援助理负责人雷德·贾达拉在简报中说，几个工程和医疗因素参与了这一决定，包括坍塌的“煎饼”性质，“这给了你最低的生存概率”。
他说，救援人员在废墟中发现人类遗骸是另一个因素。
乔·雷德尔/盖蒂影像公司
搜救人员玛吉·卡斯特罗拥抱帕布罗·兰格斯菲尔德，他们正在参观纪念馆..
灾难发生当地时间6月24日凌晨1点15分左右，位于迈阿密海滩以北约6英里的海滨小镇Surfside的尚普兰塔南公寓。据官员称，海滨建筑群的136个单元中约有55个被摧毁。从那以后，数百名急救人员仔细梳理成堆的碎片堆积在一起，希望能找到幸存者。
列文·卡瓦(Levine Cava)周三晚间表示，救援人员周三在废墟中又发现了8名受害者，死亡人数增至54人。
何塞·阿·伊格莱西亚斯/迈阿密先驱报
一名以色列搜救队成员(左)在曾经的废墟前敬礼...
何塞·阿·伊格莱西亚斯/迈阿密先驱报
搜救队成员站在曾经是尚普兰塔的废墟前...
周三晚上举行了默哀仪式，悼念坍塌事故的所有受害者。包括牧师和拉比在内的宗教领袖带领急救人员、当地官员和其他人聚集在废墟旁祈祷。
周三，迈阿密-戴德州检察官凯瑟琳·费尔南德斯·朗德尔(Katherine Fernandez Rundle)宣布，大陪审团同意调查Surfside坍塌事件，她在一份声明中表示，她要求大陪审团“调查我们如何才能防止这样的灾难再次发生，不仅是在Surfside，也不仅仅是在共管公寓，而是在我们县、州和国家的沿海、海岸间和周边地区的所有建筑和结构中。”
没有进一步的细节，因为大陪审团的工作在佛罗里达州是保密的。
据调查人员称，周三又有三名受害者被确认身份，他们是89岁的夫妻吉诺·卡塔罗斯和86岁的格拉谢拉·卡塔罗斯，以及80岁的西蒙·西格尔。截至周三晚上，共有33名受害者被确认。
卡尔·贾斯特/迈阿密先驱报美联社
2021年7月5日，救援人员在佛罗里达州南部一栋倒塌的公寓大楼中搜寻遇难者...
工作人员已经从广阔的现场拖走了700多万磅的混凝土和碎片，但仍有大量瓦砾。迈阿密戴德消防救援负责人艾伦·科明斯基说，救援人员一直在“积极”寻找废墟中可能有被困幸存者的任何空隙或“可居住空间”，但他们“没有遇到这种情况。”自大楼部分倒塌的那天早上以来，在废墟中没有发现幸存者。
“我们没有看到任何积极的东西，”科明斯基周二上午告诉记者。
科明斯基周三表示，可能需要几周时间才能找到废墟的底部。
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搜救队继续在倒塌的尚普兰托废墟中工作...
小组已经能够在建筑物剩余部分被拆除后以前无法进入的地区进行搜索。
建筑中保留下来的部分没有任何人或物宠物在周日晚上被拆除之前，由于担心其结构的完整性。然而，官员们说，幸存的居民进入大楼取回他们的物品太危险了。
塞斯·哈里森/今日美国
59岁的贝尔纳多·卡莫·丰泰在查遗址前的纪念墙上哭泣着祈祷...
迈阿密戴德消防救援中心周一晚上发布的视频显示，当热带风暴“艾尔莎”接近阳光之州时，工作人员在火堆上冒着严寒工作。
这场风暴从一个飓风冲浪城市长查尔斯·伯克特说，他发起了拆除剩余建筑的讨论，并加快了这一进程。埃尔莎登陆周三早上沿着佛罗里达海湾海岸。据官员称，这场风暴已经造成至少一人死亡和数英里的破坏。
在拆除之前，搜寻和救援行动上周几乎停止了一整天，原因是工作人员对剩余建筑的安全担忧。恶劣的天气条件也迫使他们暂时停止工作。
林恩·斯莱德基/美联社
尚普兰塔南公寓大楼的剩余结构被拆除了100多处...
一座经受了几十年飓风的建筑部分倒塌的原因仍然未知而且是在调查研究中。据官员称，尚普兰南塔建于20世纪80年代，已进行了40年的重新认证，在部分倒塌时，它一直在进行屋顶工作，并计划进行更多的翻新。
“全世界都想知道这里发生了什么，”莱文·卡瓦周二早上告诉记者。“我期待着了解真相，我们都是如此，但我认为这还需要一段时间才能被理解。”
Burkett告诉记者，他已经起草了一封信，将发送给公寓董事会和业主，概述“最低权宜”措施，以确保他们的财产安全。
他说:“Surfside镇致力于尽一切努力确保居民的安全和安心，我们感谢我们的县、州和联邦合作伙伴提供的所有惊人的支持。
Surfside building collapse latest: Search and rescue shifts to recovery mission as 86 remain unaccounted for
The search and rescue efforts at the collapsed Surfside, Florida, apartment complex have shifted to a recovery effort as 86 people remain unaccounted for, officials said Wednesday.
"It is with profound sadness that this afternoon I'm able to share that we made the extremely difficult decision to transition from operation search and rescue to recovery," Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava said at a press briefing Wednesday evening, on the 14th day of the search.
The emergency crews had "truly exhausted every option available to us in the search and rescue mission," the mayor said, and noted that the families of those still missing had been informed of the decision to transition to a recovery effort and "help to bring closure."
Several engineering and medical factors went into the decision, including the "pancake" nature of the collapse, "which gives you the lowest probability of survivability," Miami-Dade Fire Rescue Assistant Chief Raide Jadallah said during the briefing.
The fact that rescuers were finding human remains in the rubble was another factor, he said.
The disasteroccurredon June 24 around 1:15 a.m. local time at the Champlain Towers South condominium in the small, beachside town of Surfside, about 6 miles north of Miami Beach. Approximately 55 of the oceanfront complex's 136 units were destroyed, according to officials. Since then, hundreds of first responders have beencarefully combing throughthe pancaked piles of debris in hopes of findingsurvivors.
Rescue crews found eight additional victims in the rubble Wednesday, raising the death toll to 54, Levine Cava said Wednesday evening.
A moment of silence was held Wednesday evening in honor of all the victims of the collapse. Religious leaders, including chaplains and rabbis, led first responders, local officials and others gathered in prayer next to the rubble.
On Wednesday, a grand jury agreed to investigate the Surfside collapse, Miami-Dade State Attorney Katherine Fernandez Rundle announced, saying in a statement that she requested that the grand jury "look into how we can prevent such a disaster from occurring again, not just in Surfside, and not just in condominiums, but in all buildings and structures in the coastal, intercoastal and surrounding areas of our county, state and nation."
No further details were available, as grand jury work is confidential in Florida.
The announcement came after three more victims -- husband-and-wife Gino Cattarossi, 89, and Graciela Cattarossi, 86, as well as Simon Segal, 80 -- were identified Wednesday, according to investigators. In total 33 victims have been identified as of Wednesday evening.
Crews have hauled away more than 7 million pounds of concrete and debris from the vast scene, but large piles of rubble still remain. Miami-Dade Fire Rescue Chief Alan Cominsky said the rescue workers have been "aggressively" searching for any voids or "liveable spaces" within the debris where there could be trapped survivors but that they are "not coming across that." No survivors have been discovered in the wreckage of the building since the morning it partially collapsed.
"We're not seeing anything positive," Cominsky told reporters on Tuesday morning.
It could take several weeks to get to the bottom of the rubble, Cominsky said Wednesday.
Teams have been able to search in areas that were previously inaccessible following the demolition of the remaining part of the building.
The part of the building that remained standing was cleared of any people orpetsbefore it was demolished on Sunday night, due to concerns about its structural integrity. However, it was too dangerous for surviving residents to enter the building to retrieve their belongings, officials said.
Video released by the Miami-Dade Fire Rescue on Monday night showed crews working atop the piles, braving the elements as Tropical Storm Elsa approached the Sunshine State.
The storm, which weakened from ahurricane, initiated the discussion about demolishing the rest of the building and fast-tracked the process, according to Surfside Mayor Charles Burkett. Elsamade landfallalong Florida's Gulf Coast Wednesday morning. The storm has caused at least one death and miles of destruction, according to officials.
Prior to the demolition, the search and rescue operation was halted for almost an entire day last week due to safety concerns for the crews regarding the remaining structure. Poor weather conditions have also forced them to temporarily pause working.
The cause of the partial collapse to a building that has withstood decades of hurricanesremains unknownand isunder investigation. Built in the 1980s, the Champlain Towers South was up for its 40-year recertification and had been undergoing roof work -- with more renovations planned -- when it partially collapsed, according to officials.
"The whole world wants to know what happened here," Levine Cava told reporters on Tuesday morning. "I look forward to learning the truth, as do we all, but I think it'll be a while before it is understood."
Burkett told reporters that he has drafted a letter that will be sent to condo boards and building owners outlining "minimum stopgap" measures to ensure their properties are secure.
"The town of Surfside is committed to doing everything it can to ensure the safety and peace of mind of its residents and we are grateful to our county, state and federal partners for all their amazing support," he said.
