Florida, still dozens found in the rubble. Witnesses: The Scene That Reminds You of September 11

“102 people were found among those living in the collapsed building on the outskirts of Miami Beach”. This was announced at the recent conference by Daniella Levine Cava, mayor of the Miami-Dade municipality, confirming that 100 people are still missing.

“We are working day and night, firefighters do not neglect any details,” she added.

The “is very sad when people do not know what will happen to their families,” said Jose Diaz, head of the Miami-Dade Commissioners' Council. “They're desperate, they want to know what happened. We're still looking for”, he explained.

Among the 100 missing are the sister of Paraguay's first lady and 20 Israeli citizens, who fear the worst in the victims, while hundreds of firefighters and rescue teams are looking for survivors in an apocalypse, even with dogs and fears.

After getting tired of moving concrete and other inert debris, the team is replaced by another group of colleagues so that the work can continue without interruption, said the chief of fire services for Florida.

The images of the area's surveillance cameras shown by American networks leave little hope of finding survivors, except for 35 people pulled out of the ruins. Among them was a boy whose salvation was broadcast live on TV.

“I had never seen so many ambulances in my life, it looked like a scene from September 11,”, say some witnesses, “is like a bomb that exploded”. “worse than an earthquake”, others say.

Authorities have not speculated about the collapse. The first central part of the video is exposed as the nearest section trembles and begins to collapse a few seconds later. Meanwhile, a large cloud of dust envelops the entire area.

Work was being done on the roof of the building, but officials say they do not see the possibility of these works causing collapse.

President Joe Biden has promised to offer federal assistance if requested.

The mayor said some hotels have offered to accommodate displaced residents and that operations are being organised to send food and medicine to the needs.

Nearly half of the 130 residential units in the complex were damaged/destroyed by the collapse. Meanwhile, heavy equipment has been brought to stabilize the intact part of the building.

The complex was built in 1981. It consisted of two-bedroom apartments worth $600,700,000. There are old rented apartments, homes and residential complexes in this area, restaurants and shops frequented by permanent residents and tourists. There are many Russian immigrants, Jewish families, and residents living in Florida for several months when they want to leave the cold areas in the north.