Joe and Jill Biden to visit families of Surfside building collapse victims in Florida
- Two additional bodies were found on Monday, raising the count of confirmed dead to 11 and 150 people still unaccounted for
- The US president has offered federal help and extended his concerns to the community as people ‘grieve their lost loved ones’, he said in a tweet
Biden has offered federal help and extended his concerns to the community as people “grieve their lost loved ones and wait anxiously as search and rescue efforts continue”, as he said in a tweet.
“They want to thank the heroic first responders, search and rescue teams, and everyone who has been working tirelessly around the clock and meet with the families who have been forced to endure this terrible tragedy waiting in anguish and heartbreak for word of their loved ones,” White House press secretary Jen Psaki said
The slow work of sifting through the remnants of the collapsed building stretched into a sixth day on Tuesday.
Two additional bodies were found on Monday, raising the count of confirmed dead to 11. That leaves 150 people still unaccounted for in the community of Surfside. No one has been found alive since hours after the block of flats collapsed on Thursday.
