- After two weeks of rescue operations, the search at
Champlain Towers South will transition to a recovery. - The Miami-Dade Assistant Fire Chief told families on Wednesday that it's almost impossible any survivors remain.
- Emergency crews and dogs will continue to comb through the rubble looking for bodies, he said.
In a heartbreaking blow to the families of those still missing in last month's Surfside condo collapse, the search efforts at the site of the tragedy shifted from a rescue operation to recovery on Wednesday.
Emergency teams have been searching through the rubble of Champlain Towers South for 14 days in an attempt to rescue any survivors of the devastating collapse that killed at least 54 and has left 86 still missing.
Miami-Dade Assistant Fire Chief Raide Jadallah told families on Wednesday that officials have concluded it is nearly impossible that continued rescue efforts would produce any survivors. The announcement came after crews searched all areas of rubble and debris over the past two weeks.
At a briefing on Wednesday, Jadallah said emergency crews and rescue dogs would continue to comb through the rubble looking for bodies.
The transition will happen around 7:00 p.m. local time Wednesday, and crews have requested a moment of silence to mark the shift.