{"id":285097,"date":"2021-06-27T16:13:15","date_gmt":"2021-06-27T13:13:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/grandmothers-mementos-found-in-florida-condo-rubble\/"},"modified":"2021-06-27T16:13:15","modified_gmt":"2021-06-27T13:13:15","slug":"grandmothers-mementos-found-in-florida-condo-rubble","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/grandmothers-mementos-found-in-florida-condo-rubble\/","title":{"rendered":"#Grandmother’s mementos found in Florida condo rubble"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Grandmother’s mementos found in Florida condo rubble<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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The family of a grandmother who is still unaccounted for following the\u00a0Florida building collapse says cherished keepsakes belonging to her were discovered in the rubble \u2014 giving them hope that they will find her alive.<\/p>\n

Mike Noriega, 36, said he stumbled across an old photo of his missing grandmother, Hilda Noriega, 92, her late husband and their infant son in the mangled debris when he and his father rushed to Champlain Towers South following the disaster on Thursday morning.<\/p>\n

\u201cSome miracles are very big, others are small,\u201d Mike said.<\/p>\n

There was also a birthday card in the rubble that Hilda\u2019s friends from prayer group sent her two weeks earlier with the acronym \u201cESM,\u201d Spanish for \u201chand-delivered,\u201d scrawled across the yellow envelope with a butterfly etching.<\/p>\n

Noriega said the family is clinging to hope that Hilda will be found alive after finding the mementos.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere was a message in the mess of all this,\u201d Mike said. \u201cIt means not to give up hope. To have faith.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Mike Noriega said his grandmother was a sweet, loving woman who had raised a family in the US after coming from Cuba in 1960.<\/figcaption>
AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Mike, who last spoke to his grandmother the day before the disaster, said that she was an independent and lively retiree, who had lived in the condo for more than 20 years.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe youngest 92-year-old I know \u2026 92 going on 62,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

But after losing her husband six years ago, Hilda had been ready to move elsewhere \u2014 and the condo had been put up for sale so that she could move in with relatives.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen you lose a spouse, you want to be surrounded by family \u2026 and she wanted to spend more time with her family and grandchildren,\u201d Hilda\u2019s daughter-in-law, Sally Noriega said.<\/p>\n

\"Hilda
Hilda Noriega had lived in the Champlain Towers condo for more than 20 years.<\/figcaption>
AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Noriega said the 92-year-old was a sweet, loving woman who had raised a family in the US after coming from Cuba in 1960.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe was just one of those people who from the first time she met a person she instantly loved that person, and that person instantly loved her,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Hilda\u2019s relatives are among the dozens of families waiting for answers about their missing loved ones.<\/p>\n

The confirmed death toll climbed to five on Saturday as rescuers battled fire and smoke to search for 156 unaccounted for residents.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur top priority continues to be search-and-rescue and saving any lives that we can,\u201d Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava said.<\/p>\n

With Post wires<\/em>\n <\/div>\n

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