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The mayor of Surfside, where the disaster happened, Charles Burkett, said at an early-morning news conference that some 15 families had walked out of the building.
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Most residents would have been asleep when the collapse happened at about 01:00 (05:00 GMT).
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\( f0 ?+ X0 m"It's heartbreaking because it doesn't seem to me... that we will find people alive," Mr Burkett said.1 }! d; L3 B( E# I. I5 u4 Z
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However, on Friday Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava said they would do "everything possible" to locate survivors.0 \$ y$ n% ~2 P( r+ k
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"We will continue search and rescue because we still have hope that we will find people alive," she said. |
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