MIAMI, Fl. — A former Pittsburgh woman and her husband are among those missing in the Surfside condo collapse.
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At least five people died and 158 others were unaccounted for Friday, after a 12-story condominium building partially collapsed early Thursday in Surfside, Fla., authorities said.
Nicole Doran-Manshirov and Ruslan Manashirov are listed among the missing. Nicole is a former resident of Brentwood.
The couple was recently married in May and just were beginning their lives together as a married couple.
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NBC Miami said that Nicole and her husband were seventh-floor residents of the building.
A close friend of hers told Channel 11 over the phone that she had just been over to Nicole’s surfside apartment days ago.
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Search and rescue teams continue to work through the rubble at the Champlain Towers South condominium. Police are trying to comfort loved ones who are desperately waiting to hear any kind of update.
Nicole’s friend says that in a way, there’s comfort in knowing that they were toghether when the building collapsed.
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