With ‘Profound Sadness,’ Crews Shift From Rescue to Recovery at Surfside Collapse Site

A search and rescue team members climb the rubble of the Champlain Towers South condo in Surfside, Fla., on July 7, 2021. Al Diaz/Miami Herald via AP

Emergency workers engaged in the search and rescue operation at the collapsed condo in Surfside, Florida, have shifted their efforts to recovering the remains of victims on Wednesday as hope faded at the two week mark of finding any further survivors.

The Champlain Towers South, a residential oceanfront apartment building, collapsed at about 1:30 a.m. on June 24.