Families waiting in agony for news on relatives who were in the Florida condo building when it collapsed are turning to each other for support.

The death toll in the Florida condominium collapse has risen to 79 after 14 additional victims were pulled out of the rubble.

A somber moment of silence marked the end of the two-week search for survivors of a Florida condominium collapse, as rescue workers stood at solemn attention and clergy members hugged a line of local officials while many of them sobbed.