August 28, 2007:
Officials in Barbados has made the hard decision to end
rescue efforts for five members of a family buried in a
collapsed building since early Sunday morning.
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Some members of
Codrington Family Trapped: Donavere 30,
Cassandra 27, Shaquanda 7, Shaquille 3, Yashiro 1 (Donica
3 months not trapped)
(photo from Nation News)
Reports from witnesses confirm Donavere was alive
and talking immediately after the collapse - had an
injured leg. |
The decision was taken after specially trained dogs from
the Miami Dade Police Department detected signs of deceased
bodies in the rubble but failed to detect any signs of life.
“We have had to take the serious decisions to move into
recovery mode … recovery mode as you know is when you move
into the mode of removing the bodies, even though we are
still having the an eye to the possibility of some
survivors,” said Minister of Home Affairs Dale Marshall
“We have had to take the serious decisions to move into
recovery mode … recovery mode as you know is when you move
into the mode of removing the bodies, even though we are
still having the an eye to the possibility of some
survivors,” Marshall said. |
