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By: Zachary Keyser - July 1, 2021
Israeli medical and rescue teams on the ground in Surfside are not only providing assistance to the ongoing search and rescue efforts, but also trauma and crisis therapy to the victims of the condo collapse.
A section of the 40-year-old building collapsed in the middle of the night last Wednesday, causing at least 16 deaths. Though 147 people are still missing, there have been no rescues since early Thursday.
A week after the collapse of the Champlain Towers South apartment complex in Surfside, Florida, the IDF Home Front Command’s search-and-rescue delegation continues to work to find and pull survivors from the rubble.
Accompanying the IDF in its search and rescue efforts is United Hatzalah, who sent a team of psychological trauma experts to assist all the families, not just those who are Jewish, during this difficult time.
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