Police on Saturday recognized three of the victims found within the rubble of the Florida rental collapse, together with a father of two and a married couple who had been collectively for practically 60 years.
Antonio and Gladys Lozano, ages 83 and 79, and Manuel “Manny” LaFont, 54, died within the catastrophe, Miami-Dade Police mentioned in a Fb submit on Saturday evening.
The aged couple’s grandson, Brian Lozano, mentioned they had been married for 59 years — and all the time argued over who would die first, as a result of neither wished to reside with out the opposite, ABC Information reported.
“It’s tragic but it surely’s unusually unsettling that I’ve peace understanding they’d consistently play argue about who would go first,” Lozano instructed the outlet in a press release.
“However ultimately … they bought what they each wished. One another.”
The 2 had been “avid donators to non revenue organizations particularly to most cancers,” since
Gladys misplaced her mom to the illness, the assertion mentioned.
“All the time offering for anybody who’s in want or simply to spark a smile on somebody’s face. Their souls had been actually stunning and at the moment are blessed.”
Authorities recognized the stays of the three victims utilizing DNA testing, dropping the variety of these unaccounted for right down to 156.
Stacie Fang, 54, was recognized as a sufferer of the collapse on Friday. Her 15-year-old son Jonah Handler survived after rescuers pulled him from the rubble.
A fifth sufferer, whose stays had been found on Saturday, has but to be recognized.
A Miami tv meteorologist mentioned that he was associated to the Lozanos, mourning them as “stunning individuals.”
“These are my Godmother and uncle. They had been discovered right this moment within the rubble of the collapsed rental constructing in Surfside,” 7News Chief Meteorologist Phil Ferro wrote on Instagram Saturday night.
“They had been such stunning individuals. Might they Relaxation In Peace.”
The couple’s son Sergio Lozano ate dinner together with his dad and mom Wednesday, and lives in a tower throughout from the collapsed wing of the rental, in keeping with WPLG.
He mentioned he heard a loud noise at round 1 a.m. on Thursday and went out on his balcony to see what was occurring, the report mentioned.
“I inform [my wife], ‘It’s not there,’” he instructed the outlet in regards to the constructing. “And she or he’s yelling, ‘What do you imply?’ ‘My dad and mom condo is just not there, it’s gone!’ and I simply ran downstairs.”
The Lozanos lived in condo 903 of the doomed constructing. Rescue crews recovered Antonio’s physique on Thursday and Gladys’ physique on Friday, native outlet WPLG reported.
LaFont, a father of two, lived in condo 804, police and the report mentioned.
Earlier than he was recognized, his ex-wife and the mom of his son and daughter instructed USA Immediately that LaFont was sleeping when the constructing collapsed.
“After I noticed it, I virtually died,” Adriana LaFont, 42, instructed the newspaper in Spanish.
“It felt like these partitions fell on me, too.”
