Now that the final victim of the tragic Surfside building collapse has been identified, our community begins the next step in the healing process.

Washington, D.C. –  Following the identification of the final victim of the deadly Champlain Towers South collapse in Surfside, FL, U.S. Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL-23) issued the following statement:

“Now that the final victim of the tragic Surfside building collapse has been identified, our community begins the next step in the healing process. Thank you to all of the first responders and the medical examiner’s team for their devotion to giving each of the families some measure of closure and the ability to lay their loved ones to rest. The sorrow we feel for the 98 lives lost and those they leave behind cannot be expressed in words. We send our sincerest condolences to the families who lost loved ones and the survivors who lost everything, including their homes. I will continue to work hand-in-hand with local and state officials to assist families through the next steps as they put their lives back together in the aftermath of this unprecedented disaster. We remain ‘Surfside Strong.’”