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Searchers recover personal possessions from collapse rubble

FILE - In this Saturday, June 26, 2021, file photo, Surfside Mayor Charles Burkett, left, talks with Rachel Spiegel, right, who is looking for information on the Champlain Towers South Condo building, which partially collapsed, in Surfside, Fla., near Miami. Spiegel, who lost her 66-year-old mother, Judy Spiegel, in the collapse, hopes that recovery crews will find her family’s mementos. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky, File) FILE - In this Tuesday, July 6, 2021, file photo, two caskets are loaded into hearses following a funeral service for Marcus Guara and his family at St. Joseph Catholic Church, in Miami Beach, Fla. Guara, his wife Anaely, and daughters Lucia and Emma, died in the collapse of the Champlain Towers South condominium building in nearby Surfside. The aunt of 11-year-old Lucia Guara hopes that recovery crews find a necklace her mother had recently given her. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky, File) FILE - This 2004 photo provided by Peter Milian shows his cousin, Marcus Guara. Guara, 52, his wife, Anaely Guara, 42, and their girls, 10-year-old Lucia and 4-year-old Emma, all died when their eighth-floor condo at Champlain Towers South in Surfside collapsed June 24. The service for the family was Tuesday, July 6, 2021, at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Miami Beach, Fla. Recovery crews at the Florida condominium collapse are cataloging all personal possessions found in the rubble in hopes of returning them to families of the dead or survivors. (Peter Milian via AP, File) FILE - In this Tuesday, July 6, 2021, file photo, two caskets are loaded into hearses following a funeral service for Marcus Guara and his family at St. Joseph Catholic Church, in Miami Beach, Fla. Guara, his wife Anaely, and daughters Lucia and Emma, died in the collapse of the Champlain Towers South condominium building in nearby Surfside. The aunt of 11-year-old Lucia Guara hopes that recovery crews find a necklace her mother had recently given her. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky, File) FILE - This 2004 photo provided by Peter Milian shows his cousin, Marcus Guara. Guara, 52, his wife, Anaely Guara, 42, and their girls, 10-year-old Lucia and 4-year-old Emma, all died when their eighth-floor condo at Champlain Towers South in Surfside collapsed June 24. The service for the family was Tuesday, July 6, 2021, at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Miami Beach, Fla. Recovery crews at the Florida condominium collapse are cataloging all personal possessions found in the rubble in hopes of returning them to families of the dead or survivors. (Peter Milian via AP, File) FILE - In this Saturday, June 26, 2021, file photo, Surfside Mayor Charles Burkett, left, talks with Rachel Spiegel, right, who is looking for information on the Champlain Towers South Condo building, which partially collapsed, in Surfside, Fla., near Miami. Spiegel, who lost her 66-year-old mother, Judy Spiegel, in the collapse, hopes that recovery crews will find her family’s mementos. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky, File) FILE - In this Saturday, June 26, 2021, file photo, Surfside Mayor Charles Burkett, left, talks with Rachel Spiegel, right, who is looking for information on the Champlain Towers South Condo building, which partially collapsed, in Surfside, Fla., near Miami. Spiegel, who lost her 66-year-old mother, Judy Spiegel, in the collapse, hopes that recovery crews will find her family’s mementos. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky, File) FILE - This 2004 photo provided by Peter Milian shows his cousin, Marcus Guara. Guara, 52, his wife, Anaely Guara, 42, and their girls, 10-year-old Lucia and 4-year-old Emma, all died when their eighth-floor condo at Champlain Towers South in Surfside collapsed June 24. The service for the family was Tuesday, July 6, 2021, at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Miami Beach, Fla. Recovery crews at the Florida condominium collapse are cataloging all personal possessions found in the rubble in hopes of returning them to families of the dead or survivors. (Peter Milian via AP, File)