Question of her personality remained a sobering misunderstanding for in fire department for months after the disaster. Officials now let’s say the woman was Teresa Velasquez, 36-year-old music manager from Los Angeles who was visiting her parents. Julio Cesar Velasquez, 67, and his wife Angela Maria, 60. who lived in block 304 — also died in collapse.
Velazquez spent a lot of her career in in music industry, according to the Miami Herald. After entering New York University earn her master in music business she’s gone on to work for Little record labels. She eventually ended up at Live Nation where she worked for six years and was senior vice president of strategic partnerships. Throughout her career, Velázquez has worked to create more visibility and inclusion for LGBTQ community in in music industry, according to the Herald. In 2020, Billboard included her. on his top managers list for Pride Month.
following her death, colleagues in in music industry praised Velasquez for her work. Tracey Young, producer, DJ and composer, said Velasquez was an integral part of music communities in Miami, New York and Los Angeles.
“I feel like I lost my sister, and I don’t understand why they took you like that. young, with whole life ahead of you,” she wrote. in Facebook tribute to Velazquez. “I loved watching another female DJ take over DJ and music community. … Your talent and spirit touched many and we will never forget!”
fire department conclusions, first reports WFOR, denying USA Today network reporter’s report of rescue attempt during which the victim was identified as Valeria Bart – 14 year old who was in Unit directly below Velazquez family. new April 25 Miami-Dade Fire and Rescue Report based on “Witness testimony and physical evidence,” wrote Deputy Fire Chief Rayed S. Jadalla.
press secretary for Gannett, who owns USA Today, said the company is “reviewing new report from MDFR”.
“Facts and sources in our story are clear. We don’t have extra. comment at this time, she added in statement to The Washington Post.
Defendants on the scene spoke differently about voice they heard from under the rubble. Some reported hearing a person say she was from Unit 204, while others recalled hearing 304. Bart and her family came from Colombia and stopped in block 204.
“[It] it was hard to hear the woman because of in distance,” the Miami-Dade Fire and Rescue Service said in a report. adding that the rescuers said they could communicate with her only “when all operations ceased and everyone fell silent.”
“Even the faintest whisper of rescuers or splashing in stagnant water nullified any ability hear a woman,” the report says. adds.
In the description of the voice rescuers also noted that the woman spoke English with without an accent. Video footage of Velasquez, considered by officials, matched her style of speech, report says.
Bart native language is Spanish, the report notes.
voice also According to rescuers, the sound was as if it belonged to an adult. Also, the man said she was visiting her parents and “remained calm when communicating with lifeguards,” the statement said.
Finally the lifeguards found and pulled out Velazquez body on July 8, two weeks after the crash.
Velasquez’s brother, David, told WFOR that he accepts the conclusions from the report.
“There is no way to know 100 percenthe said, but it seems like logical conclusion.
