07/10/2021 1:20 PM
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Updated 07/10/2021 1:20 PM
A cat that lived on the ninth floor of the condo that collapsed in Miami, Florida,
was found alive and returned to his family
two weeks after the tragedy.
The black feline, named
Binx
, was seen wandering near the rubble of Champlain Towers in Surfside and taken to the
Kitty Campus
rescue group
.
"After 16 long and incredibly difficult days, I can share a
little good news
: Binx of Champlain Towers South has been found," tweeted Miami-Dade County Mayor Danielle Levine Cava.
"
Thank you from the bottom of my heart
and on behalf of our community to the team that played a role in reuniting him with his family," added the official, along with a photo of the little feline.
After 16 long and incredibly difficult days, I'm able to share a small piece of good news - Binx from Champlain Towers South has been found.
Thank you from the bottom of my heart and on behalf of our community to the team who played a role in reuniting him with his family.
pic.twitter.com/yzDxW6plHG
- Daniella Levine Cava (@MayorDaniella) July 10, 2021
"Pets are family, and this is a miracle," said Maria Gaspari, a friend of the cat's family, with joy, local sources reported.
"
I'm shaking right
now," he added.
"In the midst of this
sadness
, we expected good news for the survivors or for any pet," he said about the rescue of Binx, who belongs to the González family, who lived in unit 904.
Angela González and her daughter Deven were among the first to be rescued from the rubble and were hospitalized.
Deven's older sister, Tayler González, was not home during the collapse and the father, Edgar González,
remains missing
.
Rescues continue and the death toll has risen to 86. Photo: AP.
86 dead
Search teams rescued another seven bodies this Saturday, bringing
the provisional death toll from the collapse to 86.
The missing, meanwhile, are now 43.
As reported by Levine Cava, the police and forensic doctors are working 24 hours to identify the bodies and be able to notify the relatives.
So far
62 victims have been identified
.
This Saturday, the body of
26-year-old
Argentine attorney
Nicole "Nicky" Langesfeld was identified by Miami-Dade police as one of those rescued from the rubble.
The police reported that she
was found on July 7
, but the official confirmation of her identity was given this Saturday.
On the night of the tragedy, she was in an apartment on the 8th floor along with her new husband, the Venezuelan Luis Sadovnic, who remains missing.
Daughter of Argentines, "Nicky" was born in the United States, but had documentation from our country.
Attorney Nicole “Nicky” Langesfeld with her husband Luis Sadovnic.
Photo: Facebook.
Nicole Langesfeld is the fifth fatal victim of Argentine nationality
to be identified among the victims of the collapse.
She joins Graciela Cattarossi, her father Gino and her sister Andrea.
This Friday, meanwhile, they identified the body of a 21-year-old Argentine Ilan Naibryf, who was studying Physics at the University of Chicago.
He was on the 8th floor of the building with his Puerto Rican girlfriend Deborah Berezdivin, whose body had been identified hours earlier.
The young Argentine went to high school at
Hawaii Preparatory Academy
, where he learned to surf, play soccer and
cross country
.
He specialized in
creating prosthetics
at the robotics center.
Meanwhile, the mother of Graciela Cattarosi, a Uruguayan national,
also died in the collapse
, as did Graciela's seven-year-old daughter, a US citizen.
With information from ANSA.
LGP
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