SURFSIDE, Fla.
As of late Thursday night, 102 people have been accounted for, and 99 people are still officially designated as missing.
“I can’t believe that this is actually happening,” Jenny Urgelles told the television station.
Gary Cohen, an Alabama doctor who is visiting his terminally ill father at the condominium, is among the missing people, his sister-in-law told ABC News.
Soraya Cohen, whose husband and brother-in-law are missing after the collapse of the Champlain Tower South in Surfside, said she was frustrated with how slowly search efforts are going.
Naiybryf, a 21-year-old student at the University of Chicago, and his girlfriend, Berezdivin, were inside the building, WMAQ reported.
Ramsey drove from her home in Orlando, Florida, when she realized the condo that had collapsed was where her mother lived, WPLG reported.
The sister of Paraguay’s first lady, Silvana Abdo, is among the people missing, The Associated Press reported.
“You feel like you are nothing.
Of the 99 missing people, 22 are from South America, according to the AP.
Their daughter Theresa Velasquez, an executive at Live Nation, an entertainment company, arrived from Los Angeles on Wednesday night to visit her parents, the Post reported.
Andres Galfrasconi, 45, a plastic surgeon from Argentina, borrowed a friend’s apartment in the tower and made the trip from South America with his husband, theater director Fabián Núñez, 55, to receive COVID-19 shots, the newspaper reported.
Barth said his brother, Luis Fernando Barth, was visiting South Florida from Colombia with his family, the newspaper reported.
Adriana Chi was trying to coordinate information with friends as she attempted to find out the status of her brother, Edgar Gonzalez, a 45-year-old attorney in Miami, the Post reported.
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