By John Kanelis / johnkanelis_92@hotmail.com
The call that no one doubted would come has arrived.
Emergency services officials in Surfside, Fla., have told loved ones waiting to learn the fate of those caught in that June 24 condo collapse that there is no virtually no hope of finding survivors.
The effort now is to recover the remains of those trapped under the mountain of rubble.
It becomes a cruel waiting game at some point in these operations. To that end, while our hearts break for the victims of that tragedy and the loved ones seeking to learn their fate, the higher-ups among the officials in charge of the operation have made the correct call.
My family and I understand the grief and the pain of waiting word on a loved one who is missing and “presumed to have died.” A presumption never brings closure. You find yourself playing strange mind games, waiting for the miracle that doesn’t occur. Our wait was brief those many years as we sought to know what happened to my father. It came and with it came a certain relief that we no longer had to worry and wonder.
So it is with those waiting to know the fate of their loved ones.
A nation prays for their healing.