Indian American couple among 150 missing after US building collapse

Updated : Jun 29, 2021 08:05
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An Indian-American couple and their one-year-old child are among more than 150 people who are still missing after the Miami building collapse. A part of a 12-storey residential building in the US state of Florida had collpased on Thursday.

Search and rescue teams have been scouring the site, where at least 11 people have been confirmed killed, officials said on Monday.

42-year-old Vishal Patel, his 38-year-old wife Bhavna Patel and their 1-year-old daughter Aishani Patel are believed to be among the missing, their niece Sarina Patel told CNN. She added that Bhavna Patel is four months pregnant.

They were home at the time the collapse took place, she said. "We have tried calling them countless times and there's just been no answers, text messages, nothing. They haven't contacted anybody," Sarina Patel said.

 

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