Binx, a cat who lived on the ninth floor of the Champlain Towers South, was reunited with his family after volunteers found him near the site of the collapse, Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava said
"After 16 long and extremely difficult days, I'm happy to be able to share a small piece of good news," the mayor said Friday evening.Levine Cava said there are people who feed the cats in the area surrounding the collapse site and one of the volunteers thought they recognized the cat and brought it to an animal shelter,"where it was positively identified" as belonging to one of the families in the building.
Read More"I'm glad that this small miracle would bring some light into the lives of a hurting family today, and provide a bright spot for our whole community in the midst of this terrible tragedy," she added. When asked by a reporter where the cat was found, the mayor said Binx was"in the vicinity" of the site.
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