Ellie Shella lost her father and uncle and now faces the trauma of the Champlain South Towers cave. The 12-year-old girl lived with her parents, but that fateful night she stayed with her mother.

Possibly he would have stored his life.

Surfside Mayor Charles Burkett told Shella’s story at two press conferences. On Monday, he spoke about his meeting with Ellie at the site of the collapse.

Family members were allowed to enter the site through the government to meet them and show them the paintings made by the first responders.

“I visited the site the way I do,” Burkett said. I got here with a little girl.

“When I met her, she was sitting alone in a chair with no one around her, looking on her phone,” she said. “She was reading a Jewish prayer, for herself, sitting in the position where one of her parents is probably. “

It made me understand,” he said. She wasn’t crying, she was just lost. “

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On Tuesday night she spoke about the monetary misery in which her mother, the father of Ellie the owner of the circle of relatives, is unearthed, and now the circle of relatives has lost that safety net.

“The last time I met his brother, he came from Israel. He is 19 years old. His call is Avi. We talk. available.

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Ellie is one of the many survivors of the Champlain Towers cave and, like many, was not in construction that night.

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Throughout the week, network members shared stories about their fun with the Champlain Towers. Many lived nearby, some were partying in beachfront condos, one lived in New York when the World Trade Center fell and in Miami when Champlain Towers South collapsed.

Very few lived in the Surfside condo and lived themselves.

Ellie’s mother asked for help for her family. Burkett said she told her story to Mary Snow, executive director of the Coral Gables Community Foundation. The organization operates the online page supportsurfside. org and has raised $1. 9 million in donations for survivors and affected families. through last week’s tragedy.

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Many others have been affected. On Tuesday morning, Venezuelan Ambassador Carlos Vecchio spoke about donating to six Venezuelan families with those enjoyed in the south champlain towers, two of the six Venezuelans have been shown dead, he said. Uruguay to expedite visas so that those relatives can travel to Surfside.

On Tuesday, Miami Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava said that, for now, everyone affected by the landslide has access to them to have resources, which may not be the case all-time for foreigners, but she has also done so. promised help to those families starting at $1. 9 million.

There are two valid emails that followers can send their donations to: just supportsurfside. org and Neighborforneighbors. org/surfsidefund. Officials warn that a fake donation has already been reported.

“It works, your donations have an impact,” Burkett said.