“I can see the building from my residence,” Archbishop Wenski told CNA, emphasizing his proximity to the scene. “I can see the good side of the building, the side that did not collapse.”
“It does show you that we know not the day nor the hour,” he added.
One teenage Catholic school student was rescued from the rubble on Thursday morning, he noted – identified as 15-year-old Jonah Handler of Monsignor Edward Pace High School in Miami Gardens, Local10 News reported. Handler’s mother, also pulled from the wreckage of the building, died on her way to hospital.
Search and rescue teams have encountered difficulties in removing the massive amount of rubble on the site, including having to fight a fire.
“There’s a lot we don’t know yet, and certainly, this is not going to be over in a day or two,” Archbishop Wenski said, as search and rescue efforts continued for the fifth day since the collapse.
“And the survivors will need accompaniment,” he added, “for months and years to come.”
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