Original title: Insufficient search and rescue of the families of the missing in the collapse of a residential building in Florida, USA: The government is not doing enough Source: CCTV News Client
On the 26th local time, the search and rescue of the partial collapse of a residential building in Florida, the United States has entered the third day, but progress has been very little. This makes the families of many unaccounted persons anxious. Some family members criticized the local government for “not doing enough.”
Mother of missing person:I am a mother,I don’t know what is the best way to deal with this,But I think it has been (almost) four days since the incident, and no one has been discovered yet.Whether it is dead or alive,This is impossible,Please don’t tell me about those two people,I already know.You haven’t done enough,Imagine if your child was buried underneath (what would happen).
Mike, the family member of the missing person:We have about 160 people crushed under the rubble,That is about 160 living people,Thousands of family members were affected by this.How can they sit in the command centerWasting precious time?The trapped have the ability to persist until now,They might still be alive,Need to be rescuedAnd get medical protection.
US media: It was discovered that there were problems in the building years ago
Regarding the partial collapse of a residential building in Miami, Florida, the US media successively disclosed relevant reports or interviews with experts, revealing that problems were discovered in the building many years ago, but they did not attract attention until the tragedy happened.
A 2018 report previously published by the US media showed that the concrete column of the garage of the accident building had cracks and required major repairs. In addition, there were also problems such as wall cracks and corrosion of building materials. In this regard, ABC reported on the 27th that American structural engineer Jason Boden said that this was only part of the multiple factors that led to the collapse of the building. According to reports, Boden’s company also conducted a 1-hour field survey of the accident building in 2020. According to his observations at the time, this was a typical 40-year-old building. Some parts of the building had reached the end of its service life and needed repair or replacement. However, he said that his team did not see any unusual problems at the time, nor did it foresee catastrophic events. In addition, a local official said that when the report came out in 2018, it did not attract attention, so no response measures were introduced at that time.
According to reports, a similar accident occurred in the Miami area in 1974, prompting local regulations to be enacted and mandatory inspections of local buildings every 40 years. Regarding this regulation, a local expert said that the latest accident shows that only one inspection in 40 years is not enough. The collapsed building was undergoing a 40-year overall inspection before the incident.
(Edited by Zhu Xinwei)
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