Florida condo building collapse: Biden to travel to Surfside on Thursday
Biden has authorized DHS and FEMA to coordinate disaster relief efforts
By Brooke Singman | Fox News
President Biden and first lady Jill Biden will travel Thursday to Surfside, Florida, where the collapse of a beachfront condo building last week left 10 dead and more than 150 people still unaccounted for.
The White House has not yet provided further details of their trip, but the president and first lady are likely to visit the site of the collapse of the Champlain Towers South.
White House press secretary Jen Psaki on Tuesday told reporters that the president and the first lady will "thank the heroic first responders, search and rescue teams, and all those who've been working around the clock."
The president and first lady are also expected to meet with the families who "have been forced to endure this terrible tragedy, waiting in anguish and heartbreak for word of their loved ones to offer them comfort as the search and rescue continues."
"And they want to make sure that state and local officials have the resources and support they need under the emergency declaration approved by the president for Miami-Dade, Florida," Psaki said Tuesday, noting that the visit is being "closely coordinated with officials on the ground to ensure it does not provide any critical local resources from ongoing search and rescue operations or have any negative operational impact."
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