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HEARTBREAKING: Jewish couple identified among the victims at Surfside, Florida, building collapse.

By 06/28/2021 12:15 AMNo CommentsBy YidInfo Staff

Miami-Dade Police Department has identified Leon Oliwkowicz and Christina Beatriz Elvira  among (Ruth Oliwkowicz) among the victims of the collapsed Champlain Towers South building in Surfside, Florida. Police say that their bodies were recovered on Shabbos, but the announcement of their death was published on Sunday.

” #UPDATE 29: We have identified four additional victims that sadly and unexpectedly lost their lives in the tragic Surfside building collapse. Please keep their families and loved ones in your prayers,” Miami-Dade tweeted Sunday night.

Leon, 79, and his wife Ruth, 74, who are originally from Venezuela, lived in apartment 704, where they went missing after part of the Champlain Towers south building collapsed.

According to the Surfside Mayor, Charles W. Burkett, 150 people are still unaccounted for. Emergency services continue to search the rubble with hope to recover all the missing people alive.

It is with great sorrow to inform our readers with such devastating news, with hope, Yid Info hopes to be able to report happier news.

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