{"id":16710,"date":"2024-05-13T15:49:48","date_gmt":"2024-05-13T14:49:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedailyleaks.com\/?p=16710"},"modified":"2024-05-13T15:49:48","modified_gmt":"2024-05-13T14:49:48","slug":"with-dozens-missing-discovery-of-one-more-survivor-boosts-south-africa-building-collapse-rescue-efforts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedailyleaks.com\/with-dozens-missing-discovery-of-one-more-survivor-boosts-south-africa-building-collapse-rescue-efforts\/","title":{"rendered":"With dozens missing, discovery of one more survivor boosts South Africa building collapse rescue efforts"},"content":{"rendered":"
Rescue teams in South Africa forged ahead Monday with efforts to find any survivors still trapped under rubble a week after an apartment\u00a0building that was under construction collapsed.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n Their hopes were boosted over the weekend when one of the construction workers was found alive after six days without food and water.<\/p>\n Authorities said 26 construction workers who were on the site when the unfinished five-story building came down have been confirmed dead, while another 26 are missing, raising the possibility that\u00a0the death toll could ultimately be above 50<\/a><\/span>\u00a0in one of South Africa\u2019s deadliest building collapses.<\/p>\n More than 600 emergency services and other personnel have been\u00a0involved in the search<\/a><\/span> for survivors in the wreckage of the building in the city of George on South Africa\u2019s south coast, which collapsed last Monday.<\/p>\n There were 81 workers on the site when it collapsed, and 29 have been pulled out alive, the city said. It said 13 of them remained in a hospital without giving details of their condition. The city has previously said that many of the survivors were in critical condition when they were found.<\/p>\n The disaster management team overseeing the emergency response maintained that\u00a0the operation was still rescue<\/a><\/span>\u00a0rather than recovery, pointing to the survivor pulled out on Saturday.<\/p>\n The man, who was identified as 32-year-old Gabriel Guambe, was in stable condition in the hospital and \u201cremarkably sustained only minor injuries,\u201d the city said. Guambe was trapped in the rubble for 118 hours, it said.<\/p>\n