Locals pay tribute to victims as rescuers race to find survivors in Florida building collapse
29 June 2021 |
1:34 pm
Residents, volunteers and Florida officials set up flowers at a makeshift memorial dedicated to the victims of the collapsed 12-story beachside apartment building in Miami. "I’m not going to give up hope," says a friend of two missing victims as the rescue operation carries on.
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