Greater Cleveland firefighters join Ohio Task Force 1 in Miami for search and rescue at site of cond

Ohio’s Task Force 1 with firefighters from greater Cleveland touched down in Miami Thursday evening to help search and rescue teams dig through what remains of the partial condo collapse. The team is one of five federal teams traveling to Florida to help. As the scene of the Miami condo collapse scene continues to unfold, the search is still long from over. As of Friday evening, the death toll sits at 22 and 126 remain unaccounted for, according to officials. Some of greater Cleveland's very own will begin their search shifts in the overnight hours of Friday into Saturday. “Last night, we got into Miami just after 8, 9. Just over 24 hours of driving,” Bedford firefighter Brian Harting said. Three other firefighters, from Euclid, Green, and New Franklin, are part of the 81 crew members that make up Ohio’s Task Force 1. “We’ve been on alert now for about a week, New Franklin firefighter Rich Huggins said. “Everybody is ready to go." READ: https://www.wkyc.com/article/news/loc...