9 Dead in US Apartment Collapse... Slow Search for Missing Persons Continues

Twin Neighbor Apartment Residents Leave Homes Due to Anxiety

[Asia Economy New York=Correspondent Baek Jong-min] The death toll from the apartment collapse disaster in Florida, USA has risen to 9.

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On the 27th (local time), Daniela Levine Cava, Miami-Dade County Mayor of Florida, announced at a press conference that four more bodies had been recovered. One victim was confirmed on the day of the accident, and the number had increased to five the day before.

Among the deceased, only four have been identified, but the number of residents whose survival status is unknown reaches about 150, raising concerns about a large number of additional fatalities.

Charles Burkett, mayor of Surfside where the accident occurred, said in an interview with ABC News that the search will not stop until everyone is found in the debris.

Despite it being the fourth day since the accident, rescue progress has been slow, and some families have expressed dissatisfaction with the authorities' rescue efforts. The Associated Press reported that some families complained about the slow search pace and requested permission to go to the site to look for survivors themselves.

Mayor Cava said, "Our top priority is to continue search and rescue and save every life we can."

Neighbors of the collapsed apartment are leaving their homes due to anxiety. Residents of Champlain Towers North, the "twin apartment" of the collapsed building, are leaving their homes in fear that "we might be next," according to The New York Times (NYT).

The North Tower is essentially a twin building constructed by the same builder with the same design as the collapsed South Tower.

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