As search-and-rescue teams sifted through the rubble of a collapsed Florida condominium building for a seventh day on Wednesday, authorities had confirmed 18 victims of the deadly disaster, while 147 people remained missing.
Those recovered from rubble in the oceanside town of Surfside included the mother of a local police chief, a Costa Rica-born accountant, a family of four, and a young Puerto Rican graphic artist who refused to let a disability dampen his spirits.
