上个月，南佛罗里达迈阿密戴德县的一栋12层住宅楼发生了毁灭性的部分倒塌，随着恢复工作的继续，官员们说，周五有一个“小好消息”，一只宠物与家人团聚了。
迈阿密戴德县市长丹妮尔·莱文·卡瓦(Daniella Levine Cava)在周五晚上的新闻发布会上说，周五，一只名为Binx的失踪猫在残骸附近被发现，并与住在塔楼九楼的主人团聚。
她说:“我很高兴这个小小的奇迹能给今天一个受到伤害的家庭的生活带来一些光明，并在这场可怕的悲剧中为我们整个社区提供一个亮点。
市长确实分享了更多关于这个家庭的细节。她说，一名在该地区喂猫的志愿者认出了宾克斯，并把他带到了当地的动物收容所，在那里，它被确定为灾难后失踪的猫之一。
官员们周五表示，至少有79人被确认死亡，多达61人在坍塌后仍然失踪。
迈阿密戴德警察局周五称，又确认了8名受害者，其中包括3岁的路易斯·洛佩斯·莫雷拉三世，他是迄今为止最年轻的受害者;男孩的父亲，36岁的路易斯·佩腾吉尔;和他的母亲，36岁的索菲亚·洛佩斯·莫雷拉，巴拉圭第一夫人席尔瓦娜·洛佩斯·莫雷拉的妹妹。家里的另外两个孩子仍然失踪。
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。由于担心结构的完整性和即将到来的热带风暴。
与此同时，据莱文·卡瓦(Levine Cava)称，灾难发生时住在或待在公寓里的200人已经得到了解释，他们是安全的。他一再强调，这些数字“非常不稳定”，“还在继续变化。”
两周多来，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。但是自从早上大楼部分倒塌以来，残骸中没有发现活着的人宣布的周三晚上，搜救行动进入第14天，将转向恢复工作。
冲浪区市长查尔斯·伯克特告诉记者，这一决定是“最接近救援工作的人达成共识的结果，即有人还活着的可能性接近于零。”
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为了纪念这一令人沮丧的举动，周三为所有遇难者默哀，其中53人已经确认身份。当晚晚些时候，在遇难者纪念地举行了烛光守夜活动。
根据莱文·卡瓦的说法，周四早些时候，工作人员暂停了他们在桩基上的工作，“默哀片刻，以纪念坍塌以来的两周纪念”。她说，周四，几个失去亲人的家庭也被带到现场表达他们的敬意。
莱文·卡瓦(Levine Cava)在周四上午的新闻发布会上表示:“我们现在已经正式从搜救过渡到搜救和恢复。“工作继续以最快的速度和紧迫感进行。我们正夜以继日地努力恢复受害者，并尽可能快地结束这些家庭。”
“我们一如既往地小心翼翼地在废墟中寻找受害者，”她补充道。
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佛罗里达州州长罗恩·德桑蒂斯(Ron DeSantis)告诉记者，工作人员“将识别每一个被发现的人”，官员们还将继续帮助幸存者和受害者家属“尽可能地站起来”
莱文·卡瓦说，周五，布劳沃德县医疗办公室开始上门协助迈阿密-戴德县医学检验部门的人员，并帮助团队更频繁地轮换。
市长在周五下午的新闻发布会上说:“我们为那些在验尸官办公室工作的人提供一些救济，这是非常、非常有价值和关键的。
伯克特周五说，工作人员已经从广阔的现场运走了超过1300万磅的混凝土和碎片，瓦砾堆几乎在地面上。一些碎片留在地面以下。
官员们表示，可能需要几周时间才能找到残骸的底部。在来自佛罗里达州和美国其他地方以及国外团队的帮助下，工作人员几乎不间断地工作。然而，在拆除之前，由于对仍然存在的建筑的安全担忧，他们的努力上周几乎停止了一整天。恶劣的天气条件也迫使他们暂时停止工作。
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。
莱文·卡瓦(Levine Cava)要求公众向国家标准与技术研究所提交任何与坍塌事件有关的照片或视频这里。
“这场悲剧的规模每天都在扩大，”莱文·卡瓦周五说。
Surfside building collapse latest: Missing cat found near site as recovery effort continues
As the recovery effort continues after the devastating partial collapse of a 12-story residential building in South Florida's Miami-Dade County last month, there was a "small piece of good news" Friday, officials said, after a pet was reunited with its family.
A missing cat named Binx was found near the wreckage on Friday and reunited with its owners, who lived on the ninth floor of the tower, Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava said during a press briefing Friday evening.
"I'm glad that this small miracle could bring some light into the lives of a hurting family today and provide a bright spot for our whole community in the midst of this terrible tragedy," she said.
The mayor did share any more details about the family. A volunteer who was feeding cats in the area recognized Binx and brought him to a local animal shelter, where it was identified as one of the cats missing after the disaster, she said.
At least 79 people have been confirmed dead and as many as 61 people remain missing following the collapse, officials said Friday.
Eight additional victims have been identified, the Miami Dade Police Department said Friday, including 3-year-old Luis Lopez Moreira III, the youngest so far; the boy's father, Luis Pettengill, 36; and his mother, Sophia López Moreira, 36, the sister of Paraguay's first lady, Silvana López Moreira. Two other children in the family remain missing.
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. The rest of the building was demolished on Sunday night, due to concerns over structural integrity and an incomingtropical storm.
Meanwhile, 200 people who were living or staying in the condominium at the time of the disaster have been accounted for and are safe, according to Levine Cava, who has repeatedly stressed that the figures are "very fluid" and "continue to change."
For over two weeks, hundreds of first responderscarefully combed throughthe pancaked piles of debris in hopes of findingsurvivors. But no one has been found alive in the wreckage since the morning the building partially collapsed, and officialsannouncedWednesday evening that the search and rescue operation, in its 14th day, would shift to a recovery effort.
Surfside Mayor Charles Burkett told reporters that the decision was "a result of a consensus by those closest to the rescue efforts that the possibility of someone still alive is near zero."
To mark the somber move, a moment of silence was held Wednesday in honor of all the victims, of whom 53 have been identified. A candlelight vigil was held later that night at the memorial site for the victims.
Crews paused their work atop the piles early Thursday "for a brief moment of silence to honor the two-week mark since the collapse," according to Levine Cava. Several families who lost loved ones were also brought to the site to pay their respects Thursday, she said.
"We have now officially transitioned from search and rescue to search and recovery," Levine Cava said during a press conference Thursday morning. "The work continues with all speed and urgency. We are working around the clock to recover victims and bring closure to the families as fast as we possibly can."
"We are taking as much care as ever to proceed to find victims in the rubble," she added.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis told reporters that crews "will identify every single person" who's found, and that officials also would continue to help the survivors and the families of the victims get back "on their feet as best as we possibly can."
On Friday, the Broward County Medical Office started coming on-site to assist Miami-Dade County Medical Examiner Department personnel and help teams rotate more frequently, Levine Cava said.
"It is very, very valuable and critical that we provide some relief to those men and women working in the medical examiner's office doing this vital work," the mayor said during a press briefing Friday afternoon.
Crews have hauled away more than 13 million pounds of concrete and debris from the vast scene, and the pile of rubble is almost at ground level, Burkett said Friday. Some debris remains below ground level.
Officials said it could take several weeks to get to the bottom of the wreckage. Crews have been working virtually nonstop, with help from teams who came from across Florida and elsewhere in the United States as well as from abroad. However, their efforts were halted for almost an entire day last week due to safety concerns regarding the still-standing structure, prior to the demolition. 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.
Levine Cava asked members of the public to submit any photos or videos they have related to the collapse to the National Institute of Standards and Technologyhere.
"The magnitude of this tragedy is growing each and every day," Levine Cava said Friday.
