Teen pulled from rubble after Surfside building collapse

Surfside, Florida – On Thursday morning’s a 15-year-old boy was pulled from the rubble following Thursday morning’s partial building collapse in Surfside. A boy was identified as Jonah Handler. He is a junior varsity baseball player at Monsignor Edward Pace High School in Miami Gardens.

Handler was pulled from the rubble by first responders with help from a good Samaritan, Nicholas Balboa.

Later the boy was transported to a hospital, possibly with broken bones.

The handler’s mother was also pulled from the building, but her condition is not known.

According to Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava, Friday four people have been confirmed dead and 159 are unaccounted for following the partial collapse of the Champlain Towers South building.