A faint, calm voice could be heard for several hours in the rubble of the Surfside condo collapse last June. Officials believe they know who the victim was.
The faint and calm voice of a woman trapped in the hulking pile of concrete and twisted steel could be heard for several hours after the collapse of the Surfside, Florida, condominium last June.
The memo, which described precarious search conditions and the emotional toll of the quest for"life under the rubble," said rescue dogs"picked up a live victim scent" underneath the condo's parking garage about 6:30 a.m.Deputy Fire Chief Raied Jadallah wrote the memo -- dated April 25 -- was a rebuttal to a newspaper story that suggested the voice in the rubble belonged to a 14-year-old who also died in the collapse.
"While working in standing water, rescue crews were electrically shocked as they operated the jackhammers due to the moisture in the electrical lines," Jadallah wrote. In a statement after the memo was released publicly, Miami-Dade Fire Rescue said"rescuers spared no effort in this search and rescue operation, and it is important for these first responders to understand the full scope of their efforts."
Jadallah wrote that rescuers said the voice was that of a woman, not a child. One rescuer believed he heard the woman was in apartment No. 204 -- which housed a 14-year-old girl from Colombia and her parents. Two other rescuers believed they heard it was No. 304, where Velazquez was visiting and staying with her parents.
Remains found on day search transitioned to recovery effortVelasquez's family confirmed to authorities that she had been staying with her parents in apartment No. 304, according to the memo. An uncle of the 14-year-old girl in the other apartment told Jadallah his niece spoke English with an accent but that Spanish was her primary language. The girl had a"very distinct high-pitched voice.
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