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6th and final victim recovered from US bridge collapse
    2018-03-19  08:53    Shenzhen Daily

THE sixth and final victim was pulled from the rubble of a collapsed Miami bridge in the United States on Saturday, bringing an end to the around-the-clock effort to recover those who remained trapped for more than two days.

A total of eight cars were partially trapped when the 950-ton pedestrian bridge buckled at Florida International University on Thursday, and at least four were completely pancaked under the massive slabs of concrete, which made recovering victims difficult.

“It was very difficult,” Juan Perez, director of the Miami-Dade Police Department, said during an emotional Saturday news conference, adding that while the bridge was heavy, the biggest weight removed by crews was “the tonnage that was being carried by the families, the parents, the husbands, the wives of the people that were underneath there.”

He said while the process to free those trapped was tedious, he hoped recovering the victims gave families a sense of closure, even though a number of investigations into what went wrong would take months to complete. Perez said that while officials believe the death toll will stay at six, crews plan to scour the rubble again to make sure no additional victims are buried.

Heartbreaking photos and footage of the removal shows officials pulling vehicles from under what used to be the bridge. The vehicles were nearly unrecognizable as roofs appeared caved in.

The only portions of the vehicles that appeared intact were the tires and front grills.

Officials cut portions of the bridge to make it easier to lift the concrete. The vehicles were covered as they were pulled out, then a crane was used to haul them to the medical-examiner’s office.

As officials pulled the vehicles from the concrete rubble and entanglement of thick metal wire, crews held a moment of silence to honor the victims inside.

“They didn’t stop,” Perez said of the crews who scoured the rubble for days. “The only pause from the rescuers was when we asked them to pause so that we could pray over every victim.”

Police identified four of the victims Saturday as Rolando Fraga Hernandez, Oswald Gonzalez, 57, Alberto Arias, 53, and Navarro Brown. Three of the victims were pulled from vehicles. The fourth died at a hospital after the accident.

Officials say the two additional victims are expected to be identified soon.

Florida International University’s President, Mark Rosenberg, sent a message to the school Saturday that called for a moment of silence today at 1:47 p.m. — the same time the bridge collapsed Thursday.

He also said the school was cooperating with the investigations into what went wrong. His message came as more information and questions arose about the condition of the bridge before its collapse.

The university said that two hours before the bridge fell, a meeting was held to discuss a crack in the walkway. Engineers concluded there were no safety concerns.(SD-Agencies)

 

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