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Thursday, June 24, 2021
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Thursday, June 24, 2021
Florida governor says ‘bracing for bad news’ after Surfside building collapse
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleFlorida Governor Ron DeSantis says the state is “bracing for some bad news” following the collapse of a residential building in the heavily Jewish populated town of Surfside.
At least one person was killed in the collapse with another 35 people pulled from the rubble, according to rescue services, although many more are thought to be trapped.
JUST IN: Video I’ve obtained of the building collapse in Surfside, Florida. pic.twitter.com/BGbRC7iSI9
— Andy Slater (@AndySlater) June 24, 2021
“It’s a really, really tragic situation,” DeSantis tells reporters before heading to the disaster site.
“We’ll hope for the best in terms of additional recoveries, but we are bracing for some bad news just given the destruction that we’re seeing,” he says.
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