Secretive Israeli army Unit 9900 dispatched to Florida has built 3D CGI images of Miami condo collapse in an effort to project where victims may be buried to guide rescuers
- The maps are intended to show where some of the many unaccounted people in the disaster might be in an effort to streamline the search-and-rescue process
- The maps show the remains of Champlain Towers South in Surfside, Florida
- Unit 9900, which is responsible for gathering visual intelligence, spearheaded the creation of the maps
- The unit also made a rendering of what the building looked like before the collapse, to help in comparisons
- Lt. N, the commander of Unit 9900, said they used ‘advanced technological capabilities’ to help
- Irael’s National Rescue Unit, arrived in Miami early on Sunday, three days after Champlain Tower South partially collapsed without warning
- The death toll from the Miami condo collapse has now risen to 16 after four more bodies were pulled from the rubble overnight
- Now, almost one week on from the tragedy in the early hours of June 24, 147 people are still missing among the rubble
By REUTERS and HOLDEN WALTER-WARNER FOR DAILYMAIL.COM
The Israeli military has created 3D images of the Miami condo and then collapsed them to help rescuers identify where victims and even survivors might be.
They were developed by Unit 9900, a secret element of the Israel Defense Forces, that gathers geographical data from satellites and planes.
A team of rescuers from the Israeli army are on the scene of the tragedy at Champlain Towers South in Surfside, Florida where 147 people are still missing.
‘Based on what the rescuers are finding, including artifacts, and what we gather from the families, the unit created the 3-D modeling that is very accurate,’ said Capt. Uri Jospe, 36, a reserves civilian population officer, in comments to the New York Post.
The Israeli Defense Force has created a 3D map of Champlain Towers South collapse
The map is designed to help rescuers better identify areas where there may be survivors
Unit 9900, a secretive group which is responsible for gathering visual intelligence, spearheaded the creation of the maps
The unit also made a rendering of what the building looked like before the collapse, to help in comparisons.
‘So that means that we know that if someone was in apartment X, we can try and find their location now,’ Jospe added.
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