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Get up to $600 when you open and fund an account. Visit tdameritrade.com/planning. RETIREMENT IS YEARS AWAY BUT YOU CAN FEEL BETTER NOW. THURSDAY MARCH22 2018 3A FACEBOOK.COM TWITTER.COM MIAMIHERALD.COM H1 Local State Yesenia Collazo, the attorney representing the Arias and families, said on Tuesday that the families wanted to wait until after the burials to file litigation. Calls to office were not immediately returned Wednesday afternoon.

Marquise Hepburn, 24, who filed suit on Monday, said he was injured after a car struck him underneath the bridge as it began to collapse, according to his lawsuit. Emily Joy Panagos, 22, an FIU student whose car was struck by the bridge, filed suit on Tuesday. Both lawsuits were filed by Matt Morgan and his Orlando-based personal injury law office, Morgan Morgan. At least 100 mourners attended a short religious service preceding the Arias After spending more than 20 years together a life spent traveling the world and spreading joy through their party-rental business the Cuban couple killed in last bridge failure near Florida International University were laid to rest Wednesday morning. Alberto Arias, 53, and Osvaldo 57, were buried within minutes of each other at Caballero Rivero Woodlawn South in Kendall.

The families of both menlaid flowers on their caskets and recited prayers before cemetery workers lowered them into adjacent plots. will always love read a ribbon tied around a bouquet of flowers nearby. The men were running errands for mother when they were caught underneath a pedestrian bridge meant to connect Modesto A. Maidique campus to the city of Sweetwater over Southwest Eighth Street. They died instantly, according to the attorney, inside their flattened, white Chevrolet truck, but their deaths were not confirmed until Saturday afternoon.

Four others died. The cause of the collapse remains under investigation, but two civil suits already have been filed in Miami Dade 11th Circuit Court on behalf of victims injured in the accident. and burials. At the front of the room, bouquets of white flowers adorned the two caskets. Displayed between the caskets was a photograph of Arias and Gonzalez together, wearing matching blue shirts.

Outside, attendees took long puffs of their cigarettes before joining the crowd in a slow procession through the cemetery. Two black Cadillac hearses carried the caskets to their plots. Luis Arias, nephew, called the men and during a news conference on Tuesday at Doral office. been rough, been Arias said, joined by sister and nephew. staying united as they were, being there for each other and supporting each other as we get through this difficult PHOTOS BY ROBERTO Family and friends attend the funeral of Alberto Arias and Osvaldo partners who died in the collapse of the FIU pedestrian bridge last week.

The funeral was held at Caballero Rivero Woodlawn South on Wednesday. They lived and died together. After a prayer, two are laid to rest FIU BRIDGE COLLAPSE FUNERAL The same-sex couple killed in last FIU bridge failure were buried in Kendall on Wednesday morning. Alberto Arias and Osvaldo were remembered for their ability to make people smile. BY MARTIN VASSOLO Family and friends carry a casket during the funeral of Alberto Arias and Osvaldo partners who died in the collapse of the FIU pedestrian bridge last week.

An arrangement of flowers at the funeral of Alberto Arias and Osvaldo Alberto Arias Osvaldo It was a gift Alexa Duran kept close to the chest. Only those closest to her knew about her secret, and when no one was watching, the 18-year-old would showcase it. had the voice of an said one of her closest friends, Sofia Rincon, her voice trembling as she recounted her beautiful singing abilities. most humbling thing about it is that she tell anybody. She kept it super low Rincon and her friend, Michaela Reyes, nervously took the stage at a vigil Wednesday at Florida International University to honor the six people, including Duran, an FIU last Thursday in the FIU bridge collapse.

The other five people who died were Navaro Brown, 37, who was working on the bridge; Brandon Brownfield, a father of three, who was a tower crane technician; Rolando Fraga Hernandez, 60, a systems technician; Osvaldo 57, who owned a party rental business; and Alberto Arias, 53, who studied at the University of Havana and was a business and life partner of The duo honored Duran with the song by Rihanna. After the 30-minute ceremony, thousands of students, faculty and friends and family members of the victims marched to a memorial site on Southwest Eighth Street and 107th Avenue with ivory daisies in hand. The pedestrian bridge, under construction, spanned Southwest Eighth Street at 109th Avenue. As video of Duran at a karaoke cruise night projected on TV screens, Rincon told mourners that she and Alexa, along with three other girlfriends, had taken acruise to celebrate high school graduation. three friends were going away for college, and me and Alexa were the ones staying she said.

decided to sing the song kind of telling them to stay with She paused and gulped for air, tears streaming down her cheeks. I want to sing this for Alexa because always gonna stay in my After the tribute, FIU president Mark Rosenberg embraced parents at a makeshift memorial site as flowers piled up beside them. Rosenberg clenched their hands as a chaplain guided them through a brief prayer. is the time to grieve together, to heal Rosenberg said. our sadness galvanize us to stay the course on With tissues in hand, thousands marched through the campus, the university marching band accompanying the mourners.

As the crowd made their way through university sidewalks, onlookers bowed their heads, some removed their hats. a week and a half earlier, we were just across the street celebrating the placement of a bridge that was supposed to bridge the City of Sweetwater and the university and help save said Sweetwater Mayor Orlando Lopez. than a week later, this bridge that was intended to save lives, took the lives of six souls and injured many vigil is one of several ceremonies being held. The city of Sweetwater will hold a prayer service at 1:47 p.m. Thursday, the exact time the bridge collapsed last Thursday.

The service will be one block from the bridge site on Southwest Eighth Street and 109th Avenue. At 7 p.m. Thursday, Sweetwater will hold a telephone town hall meeting where officials will discuss traffic flow since Southwest Eighth Street from 107th to 117th avenues is closed indefinitely following the bridge collapse. You can register at tthm.wufoo.com/forms/ city-of-sweetwater-tele- FIU BRIDGE COLLAPSE VIGIL FIU honors the six people who died in bridge collapse BY MONIQUE O. MADAN Alexa Duran PEDRO FIU President Mark Rosenberg speaks during a vigil hosted by the FIU Student Government Association Wednesday to honor the six people who died at the FIU bridge collapse..