ARE STILL MISSING. ONE OF THE PEOPLE KILLED IN THE COLLAPSE WAS AN 80-YEAR-OLD WHOSE BODY WAS FOUND IN THE RUBBLE. SHE HAD BEEN THERE FOR 10 YEA.RS HER GRANDSON SAT DOWN WITH JOIESS CARBONARE TO TALK ABOUT THE TRAGIC LOSS. JOSSIE: THE RAMSEY FAMILY CONTINUES TO MOURN THEIR BELOVED 80-YEAR-OLD GRANDMOTHER, WHO WAS ON THE NTHIN FLOOR AT THE CHAMPLAIN TOWERS SOUTH WHEN IT COLLAPSED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT. >> BUT NOW IT鈥橲 DEFINITELY A LOT MORE PEACE KNOWING TTHA, YOU KNOW, WE ARE HOPING IT WAS QUICK, PAINLESS, AND NOW SHE鈥橲 IN A MUCH BETTER PLACE. JOSS:IE WEEKEND HALF LATER, SEARCH-ANDES-RCUE TEAMSRO FM ACROSS THE COUNTRY WORK TOGETHER AND GO THROUGH THE RUBBLE LAYER BY LAYER AND RAMSEY SAY THE TREMENDOUS AMOTUN OF PROGRESS MADE IS -- >> I THINK IT IS REALLY HELPING KIND OF SPEED UP THE PROCESS OF FINDING PEOPLE. JOSSIE: DO YOU FEEL THA鈥�'S WHAT HELP FIND YOUR GRANDMOTHER? >> 100% WE ARE THANKFUL AND GRATEFUL THEY WERE ABLE TO FIND HER BODY INTACT. BECAUSE THAT ALREADY IS A WHOLE LOT. JOSS:IE CHRISTOPHER RAMSEY SAYS WHILE EMOTIONS ARE HIGH WHILE THEYLA PN HER FUNERAL, HE IS CLINGING TO THE POSITIVE MEMORIES OF HIS GRANDMOTHER. >> SHE WAS DEFINITELY A STRONG WOMAN, SHE ALWAYS DID WHAT SHE THOUGHT WAS RIGHT. SO I ONLY PEHO THAT I CAN CARRY THOSE SAME VALUES THRGH MYOU LIFE AND WITH MY FAMILY. JO
'Confusion, total sadness': Family grieves loss of grandmother in Florida building collapse
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Updated: 11:42 AM CDT Jul 6, 2021
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The Ramsey family from Palm Beach County, Florida, continues to mourn their beloved grandmother, who was on the 9th floor of the Champlain Towers South in Surfside when it collapsed in the middle of the night. Magaly Delgado, 80, had been living there for about 10 years before her body was recovered on Wednesday last week, her family said.鈥淐onfusion, total sadness, but now it鈥檚 definitely a lot more of a little more peace knowing that we鈥檙e hoping it was quick, painless and now she鈥檚 in a much better place,鈥� said Christopher Ramsey of Jupiter, Delgado's oldest grandson.A week and a half later, as search and rescue teams from across the country work together and continue going through the rubble, layer by layer, the Ramseys said the tremendous efforts being made go a long way. 鈥淚 really feel like the knowledge that they鈥檙e bringing to this rescue mission is really helping speed up the process in finding people,鈥� Ramsey said.Ramsey said he believes this is what helped find his grandmother. 鈥淲e鈥檙e so grateful and thankful that they were able to find her body intact because that already means a whole lot,鈥� Ramsey added. While emotions are high as the Ramsey family plans Delgado鈥檚 funeral, Christopher Ramsey said he鈥檚 clinging to the positive memories of his grandmother. 鈥淪he was definitely a strong woman who always did what she thought was right, and so I only hope that I can carry those same values through my life and with my family,鈥� Ramsey said.
JUPITER, Fla. — The Ramsey family from Palm Beach County, Florida, continues to mourn their beloved grandmother, who was on the 9th floor of the Champlain Towers South in Surfside when it collapsed in the middle of the night.
Magaly Delgado, 80, had been living there for about 10 years before her body was recovered on Wednesday last week, her family said.
鈥淐onfusion, total sadness, but now it鈥檚 definitely a lot more of a little more peace knowing that we鈥檙e hoping it was quick, painless and now she鈥檚 in a much better place,鈥� said Christopher Ramsey of Jupiter, Delgado's oldest grandson.
A week and a half later, as search and rescue teams from across the country work together and continue going through the rubble, layer by layer, the Ramseys said the tremendous efforts being made go a long way.
鈥淚 really feel like the knowledge that they鈥檙e bringing to this rescue mission is really helping speed up the process in finding people,鈥� Ramsey said.
Ramsey said he believes this is what helped find his grandmother.
鈥淲e鈥檙e so grateful and thankful that they were able to find her body intact because that already means a whole lot,鈥� Ramsey added.
While emotions are high as the Ramsey family plans Delgado鈥檚 funeral, Christopher Ramsey said he鈥檚 clinging to the positive memories of his grandmother.
鈥淪he was definitely a strong woman who always did what she thought was right, and so I only hope that I can carry those same values through my life and with my family,鈥� Ramsey said.
