Joe Biden and a face-to-face encounter with an Argentinian family who have their missing daughter

President Joe Biden’s main mission to Surfside, Miami was this Thursday provide comfort to the families of the victims and missing of the Champlain Towers tragedy a week ago.

Among the 145 missing (counted until last night) there are 9 Argentines: plastic surgeon Andrés Galfrascoli, 44, and his companion Fabián Nuñez, 55, and Sofia, 5. Also the family of the photographer Graciela Cattarossi, 48, who was with her daughter Estela, 7, her sister Andrea and her parents (one of whom is Uruguayan). In addition, includes lawyer Nicole “Nicky” Langesfeld, 27 years old and physics student Ilan Naibryf, 21 years old.

The meeting with the relatives took place at the St Regis Hotel in Bal Harbor, a few blocks from the site of the collapse, and it lasted about three hours. Biden first gave a speech in the middle of a room, then began speaking separately with each of the families.

The relatives of “Nicky” Langesfeld they discussed for a moment with the president the fate of his daughter, who disappeared with her Venezuelan husband, Luis Sadovnic, after their eighth-floor apartment collapsed.

Biden comforted “Nicky’s” father, Pablo, and mother, Andrea, who couldn’t help but cry. Brother also attended the meeting.

Nicky was born in the United States, but integrates the list of the missing of the Chancellery because it has the documentation of our country, which he obtained because his parents are Argentinian. A few hours after the tragedy, her relatives had circulated a photo of her and her husband on social networks and in the chats of the Jewish community of Surfside.

“We are looking for Nicky Lagensfeld and Luis Sadovnic (8th floor). If anyone has seen them or has any information, please contact this number, ”they warned.

Lawyer, “Nicky” studied at the University of Florida and the Miami School of Law, with exceptional notes. He works for Reed Smith and specializes in commercial litigation.

A few days ago Nicky’s uncle Andy had shown his frustration at the slowness of the rescue on social media: “I have been approaching the mountain of rubble for three days, expecting to see hundreds of people lined up pass stones and machines moving heavy debris, but what I saw during these three critical days since early Thursday morning, Le 24 has left me discouraged and helpless, ”he said.

The photo of Nicky and her husband, as well as that of the rest of the missing Argentines, can be seen on the makeshift fence in tribute to the victims, where neighbors come to offer flowers and express their pain. After visiting the families, Biden also went there with his wife to express his condolences.