No one has been found alive since the first hours after building fell on June 24. “This is a staggering and heart breaking number that affects all of us very deeply,” she said of the new death toll. Today I returned to County Hall for the first time since the devastating collapse of Champlain Towers South. Hope of finding survivors was briefly rekindled after workers demolished the remainder of the building, allowing access to new areas of debris. Expand Close Rescue teams search the rubble (Pedro Portal/AP) / FacebookTwitterEmailWhatsapp Rescue teams search the rubble (Pedro Portal/AP)Some voids where survivors could have been trapped did exist, mostly in the basement and the parking garage, but no one was found alive.

Source: Irish Independent July 09, 2021 16:41 UTC