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Alabama doctor's body found in Florida condo collapse rubble

Alabama doctor's body found in Florida condo collapse rubble
TURNING OUATR TENTION TO THE CONDO COLLAP ISEN FLORIDA. NE ARLY TWO WEEKS LATER, THE BODY OF ALABAMA DOCTOR GARY COHEN HAS BEEN FOUND. CARLA: HE LIVED IN MOUNTAIN BROOK WITH HIS WIFE, MINDY, AND TWO CHILDR.EN DR. COHEN PRACTICED IN TUSCALOOSA AT THE V.A. MEDICAL CENTER. COHEN HAD MORE THAN 20 YEARS EX PERIENCE. HE WAS WITH HIS BROTHER BRAD ENWH THAT CONDO COLLAPSED. THEY WERE VISITING THEIR SICK FATHER AT THE TIME. WE鈥橰E GETTING AN UP-CLOSEND A TRAGIC LOOK AT WHAT鈥橲 LEFT OF THE TOWERS. 18 MORE VICTIMS HAVE BEEN UNDFO IN THE LAST 24 HOURS. THE DEATH TOLL IS NOW 5AT CREWS ARE SEARCHING FOR MORE THAN 80 PEOPLE WHO REMAIN UNACCOUNTED R.FO NO THEY ARE SHIFTING THAT TO A RECOVERY MISSION. >> AT THIS POINT. WE HAVE TRULY HAEXUSTED EVERY OPTION AVAILABLE TO US IN THE SEARCH AND RESCUE MISSION. SO TODAY IS ABOUT BEGINNING THE TRANSITION TO RECOVERY SO THAT WE CAN HELP TO BRING CLOSURE TO THE FAMILIES WHO HAVE BEEN SUFFERING AND WAITING FOR NE.WS CARLA: LAST NIGHT CREWS HE ALD MOMENT OF SILENCE FOTHR E VICTIMS. OFFICIALS SAY THEY WILL COINNTUE THEIR SEARCH UNTIL EVERY BODY IS RECOVED.RE GET THE LATEST ON THESE RECOVERY EFFORTS WITH THE 米兰体育 13 APP
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Updated: 2:41 PM CDT Jul 8, 2021
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Alabama doctor's body found in Florida condo collapse rubble
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Updated: 2:41 PM CDT Jul 8, 2021
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Search and rescue crews in South Florida have located the body of Alabama native Dr. Gary Cohen, who was staying at his brother's condo at Champlain Towers South in Surfside when it collapsed two weeks ago. Cohen, a Tuscaloosa VA doctor with more than 20 years of experience who lived in Mountain Brook, Ala. with his wife and two children, was among the dozens of people who went missing after a part of the 12-story residential building collapsed on June 24. Cohen traveled to Florida to visit his brother, Brad, and their sick father.Rescuers had spent two weeks digging through the rubble, searching in vain for any sign of life. Rescue efforts have since transformed into a search and recovery mission. Hours before the formal transition, those emergency workers joined local officials, rabbis and chaplains in a moment of silence.No one has been pulled out alive since the first hours after the 12-story building fell.Death toll rises to 64 as recovery effort continues at condo collapse siteAs of Thursday morning, the death toll stood at 60, Miami Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava said. The oceanfront condominium building had "major structural damage" to a concrete structural slab below its pool deck that needed to be extensively repaired, according to a 2018 engineering report on the building.Get the 米兰体育 13 app for the latest updates on this developing story.

Search and rescue crews in South Florida have located the body of Alabama native Dr. Gary Cohen, who was staying at his brother's condo at Champlain Towers South in Surfside when it collapsed two weeks ago.

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Cohen, a Tuscaloosa VA doctor with more than 20 years of experience who lived in Mountain Brook, Ala. with his wife and two children, was among the dozens of people who went missing after a part of the 12-story residential building collapsed on June 24. Cohen traveled to Florida to visit his brother, Brad, and their sick father.

Rescuers had spent two weeks digging through the rubble, searching in vain for any sign of life. Rescue efforts have since transformed into a search and recovery mission. Hours before the formal transition, those emergency workers joined local officials, rabbis and chaplains in a moment of silence.

No one has been pulled out alive since the first hours after the 12-story building fell.

Death toll rises to 64 as recovery effort continues at condo collapse site

As of Thursday morning, , Miami Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava said.

The oceanfront condominium building had "major structural damage" to a concrete structural slab below its pool deck that needed to be extensively repaired, according to a 2018 engineering report on the building.

Get the 米兰体育 13 app for the latest updates on this developing story.