When the body of 4-year-old Emma Guara was pulled from the rubble last month Florida apartment collapsed, She was wearing a silver necklace recently given to her by her mother. The pendant was shaped like a half heart with “Miss Sister” engraved on it.
When the firefighters found her 11-year-old sister Lucia Guara, she did not wear a necklace similar to her. The pendant was shaped like the other half of the heart with “Big Sis” engraved on it. Their aunt, Digna Rodriguez, said that Lucia had an allergic reaction and temporarily stopped wearing her clothes.
“We want to get that necklace back,” Rodriguez said. “They like those necklaces.”
The GAC said the remains of the second Canadian who was recovered from the collapse of an apartment in Florida
The girl’s parents, Anaely Rodriguez and Marcus Guara, were also killed in the collapse of Champlain Towers South on June 24, which caused at least 95 deaths and 14 unaccounted for. They were one of the first people to be found in the rubble. The girls were buried in the same coffin last week, and Emma was wearing her necklace.
As they searched for more remains among tons of broken concrete and twisted steel bars, the authorities also tried to retrieve souvenirs for the surviving residents of families and buildings that lost their loved ones. They set up a database for people to upload information about lost property.
Every time staff find personal items, they will take photos and use GPS to record the location. They made a bunch of grids to roughly know where the apartment units of each family should be. The detective put the items in the trash can. They were taken to an area for cataloging and sealed in bags. They are then placed in a locked and guarded container for later shipment to the warehouse.
Miami-Dade Police Chief Freddy Ramirez said that for the property of the deceased, there will be a “legacy procedure” to request items to ensure they can find a suitable heir.
Miami-Dade Police Sergeant. The person in charge of the operation, Danny Murillo, said that the process must be designed through “trial and error” because the collapse of a residential building “is not something that happens every day.” He said that when he finds objects like children’s toys, he will be very excited.
“We are all human,” he said.
Rachel Spiegel lost her 66-year-old mother Judy Spiegel in the collapse, and she hopes staff will find souvenirs from her family. The body of her mother was found on Friday.
“My parents lost everything in their lives,” Rachel Spiegel said. “Their wedding album is gone. My father’s wine collection is gone, all my mother’s jewelry, all my mother’s clothes, the dresses she wore at my wedding I want to wear someday are gone. All of them Everything is gone. We have nothing.”
The Mayor of Surfside, Charles Burkett, visited the site many times since the collapse. He said that staff were finding items as small as rings and jewelry in the rubble.
“The work is very detailed, and we can even find a complete bottle,” Burkert said. He said that because of the information provided by the family, the search team usually knows what to look for in a particular part of the garbage dump. He held up a photo of the ring found in the wreckage, and the searcher thought it would be there.
“They look forward to finding these things. In this case, they did it,” Burckett said.
Ramirez said that special consideration is being given to religious property. The rabbis visited the processing area to ensure that religious relics are properly stored and handled carefully. He said that some of these projects are of great significance.
“It may be the smallest little thing. For ordinary people, it is just a small container. It really means several generations. It is very spiritual and I am very impressed. Our officials are learning a lot about culture, “He says. “Sadness and sadness have many dynamics.”
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