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“#Three more victims of Florida building collapse identified<\/strong>”
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Police on Saturday identified three of the victims discovered in the rubble of the Florida condo collapse, including a father of two and a married couple who had been together for nearly 60 years.<\/p>\n

Antonio and Gladys Lozano, ages 83 and 79, and Manuel \u201cManny\u201d LaFont, 54, died in the disaster, Miami-Dade Police said in a Facebook post<\/a> on Saturday night.<\/p>\n

The elderly couple\u2019s grandson, Brian Lozano, said they were married for 59 years \u2014 and always argued over who would die first, because neither wanted to live without the other, ABC News reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s tragic but it\u2019s strangely unsettling that I have peace knowing they would constantly play argue about who would pass first,\u201d Lozano told the outlet in a statement.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut in the end \u2026 they got what they both wanted. Each other.\u201d<\/p>\n

The two were \u201cavid donators to non profit organizations especially to cancer,\u201d since
Gladys lost her mother to the disease, the statement said.<\/p>\n

\u201cAlways providing for anyone who\u2019s in need or just to spark a smile on someone\u2019s face. Their souls were truly beautiful and are now blessed.\u201d<\/p>\n

Authorities identified the remains of the three victims using DNA testing, dropping the number of those unaccounted for down to 156.<\/p>\n

Stacie Fang, 54, was identified as a victim of the collapse on Friday. Her 15-year-old son Jonah Handler survived after rescuers pulled him from the rubble.<\/p>\n

A fifth victim, whose remains were discovered on Saturday, has yet to be identified.<\/p>\n

A Miami television meteorologist said that he was related to the Lozanos, mourning them as \u201cbeautiful people.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThese are my Godmother and uncle. They were found today in the rubble of the collapsed condo building in Surfside,\u201d 7News<\/a> Chief Meteorologist Phil Ferro wrote on Instagram<\/a> Saturday evening.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey were such beautiful people. May they Rest In Peace.\u201d<\/p>\n

The couple\u2019s son Sergio Lozano ate dinner with his parents Wednesday, and lives in a tower across from the collapsed wing of the condo, according to WPLG<\/a>.<\/p>\n

He said he heard a loud noise at around 1 a.m. on Thursday and went out on his balcony to see what was going on, the report said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI tell [my wife], \u2018It\u2019s not there,’\u201d he told the outlet about the building. \u201cAnd she\u2019s yelling, \u2018What do you mean?\u2019 \u2018My parents apartment is not there, it\u2019s gone!\u2019 and I just ran downstairs.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Lozanos lived in apartment 903 of the doomed building. Rescue crews recovered Antonio\u2019s body on Thursday and Gladys\u2019 body on Friday, local outlet WPLG reported.<\/p>\n

LaFont, a father of two, lived in apartment 804, police and the report said.<\/p>\n

Before he was identified, his ex-wife and the mother of his son and daughter told USA Today<\/a> that LaFont was sleeping when the building collapsed.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen I saw it, I almost died,\u201d Adriana LaFont, 42, told the newspaper in Spanish.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt felt like those walls fell on me, too.\u201d\n <\/p><\/div>\n