24/06/2022 20:40 (UTC)

Jill Biden accompanies family members of Surfside victims at emotional ceremony

Surfside (United States), Jun 24 (EFE), (Camera: Cristobal Herrera) U.S. First Lady Jill Biden on Friday accompanied family and friends of the 98 fatal victims of the partial collapse of the apartment building in Surfside (Florida), in an emotional ceremony that highlighted resilience and the need to live with "courage" every stretch of life.

"We will spend the rest of our lives longing for the faces that are gone forever, and that when they left our world they took a light inside us with them," Jill Biden said at the ceremony, held on the same grounds where until June 24, 2021, the 12-story building stood.

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Date: 24/06/2022 12:00 (UTC)
Source: EFE
Topic: Disaster and accident
Politics
Type: Ready-to-use
Duration: 90 seconds
Reference: 7001178736
Relevance: Normal