They find the body of another Argentinian missing in the Miami collapse

26-year-old Argentinian lawyer Nicole “Nicky” Langesfeld’s body has been identified by police in Miami-Dade as one of those rescued from the rubble of the collapsed building in Surfside on June 24.

Police reported that “Nicky” was found on July 7, but official confirmation was given on Saturday.

Daughter of Argentines, “Nicky” was born in the United States and had papers from our country.

They were married in January of this year, after getting engaged a long time ago in a ceremony on the beach in front of the Champlain Tours building. which collapses and plunges the city into a climate of mourning.

With an ascending professional career, “Nicky” had studied at the University of Florida and the Miami School of Law, with excellent grades.

He worked for Reed Smith and specialized in commercial litigation.

Exceptional student and professional

“She was one of those students you love to teach because she had fun in the classroom and was also a really good student,” said Andrew Dawson, who was her professor at the university.

“He was really brilliant, but he also had a brilliant presence in the classroom because of the joy he conveyed,” he added.

A few hours after the collapse, her relatives had circulated a photo of her and her husband on social networks and in Jewish community chats: “We are looking for Nicky Lagensfeld and Luis Sadovnic (8th floor). If anyone has seen them or has any information, please contact this number ”.

This photo was then posted on the fence which has become a memorial to the victims and the missing, where relatives and neighbors came to express their grief over the tragedy.

A few days ago, an uncle of “Nicky” was interviewed there by CNN reporter Faith Karimi and said that they had allowed relatives to approach the ruins of the building.

She said family members of the young lawyer took turns shouting her name, hoping she could hear them amid the rubble. “She is cheerful and intelligent and loves animals,” said the uncle.

“He could have moved an elephant into his apartment if he could.” He had a puppy, Zoe, and a guinea pig. The dog had stayed that day with her brother, so she was saved from the collapse.

A colleague, Noah Goldemberg, said The Washington Post that she cared very much for her family and friends.

As an example, she said that at 9:45 p.m. on Wednesday, June 23, hours before the collapse, she texted him to see how she was because he told her he was not. did not smell well. The building collapsed at 1.23.

Body recovery

Rescue work has accelerated these days. Authorities said they were no longer looking for survivors and the task was now recover the bodies and identify them.

Among the 9 Argentines reported missing, the bodies of photographer Graciela Cattarossi, her daughter Stella, her parents Gino and Graciela (the mother is Uruguayan) and her sister Andrea have already been rescued. also that of Ilan Naibryf, 21-year-old physics student.

Plastic surgeon Andrés Galfrascoli, 44, and his partner, Fabián Nuñez, 55, and Sofia, 5, remain to be recovered.

New death toll

In this Saturday’s tasks, search teams rescued six other bodies in addition to that of Nicole Langesfeld, with whom the provisional death toll from the collapse stands at 86, of which 62 have been identified.

“This is an amazing and heartbreaking number that affects us all very, very deeply. The scale of this tragedy is growing day by day,” Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava said in a statement. press conference this Saturday.

The official added that the number of people missing due to the collapse stood at 43 while the number of people located rose to 211, after the list of those residing in the building of 12 was updated. floors.

Washington. corresponding

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