Tag: Surfside
Report: Evidence Of Extensive Corrosion In Collapsed Condo
MIAMI (AP) — Video released by a team of federal investigators shows more evidence of extensive corrosion and overcrowded concrete reinforcement in a Miami-area condominium that collapsed in June, kil...
Video Released Of Officers Responding To Surfside Condo Collapse
SURFSIDE, Fla. (AP) — Officials in a Florida town released body camera footage Tuesday from the first police officers who responded to the collapse of a condo building that left 98 people dead.
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Judge: Preserving Evidence Key To Florida Collapse Probe
MIAMI (AP) - Preservation of evidence is critical to understanding why a Florida oceanfront condominium collapsed and to protect the legal rights of victims and others, a judge said Wednesday.
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Brother: Last Victim ID’d In Florida Condo Building Collapse
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — The final victim of the condo building collapse in Florida has been identified, a relative said Monday, days after rescuers concluded the painstaking task of removing laye...
Firefighters Officially End Search In Florida Condo Collapse
MIAMI (AP) — Firefighters officially ended their search for bodies in the debris of the collapsed Surfside condo building on Friday, even as police and forensic specialists continue working to identif...
Families Of Last Victims In Condo Say Waiting Is Agony
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Estelle Hedaya was the outspoken life of the party who loved travel and fashion. She lived on the sixth floor and quickly connected with fellow former New Yorker Linda Mar...
LISTEN: 911 Calls From Surfside Condo Collapse Released
MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Recordings of 911 calls after an oceanfront Florida condominium building collapsed in the middle of the night show disbelief, panic and confusion as people tried to comprehend...
Florida City Weighs How To Honor Lost Souls At ‘Holy Site’
SURFSIDE, Fla. (AP) — As crews keep searching for the last missing remains of the souls who perished in their collapsing beachfront condos nearly three weeks ago, the question is swirling across the r...
Mayor: 90 Deaths Confirmed In Florida Condominium Collapse
SURFSIDE, Fla. (AP) — Authorities are making progress in identifying the victims of the deadly building collapse in Florida last month. Mayor Daniella Levine Cava said Sunday that 90 deaths have now b...
Surfside Collapse Death Toll Reaches 86, Body Of R’ Benny Weisz Identified
NEW YORK (VINnews) — The grim news from the site of the Champlain Tower collapse in Miami continued over the weekend, as rescuers battled the elements in an attempt to recover more bodies from the deb...
‘Heartbreaking’: Death Toll In Florida Condo Collapse Now 78
SURFSIDE, Fla. (AP) — The death toll in the collapse of a Miami-area condo building rose to 78 on Friday, a number the mayor called “heartbreaking” as recovery workers toiled for a 16th day to find vi...
Tragedy In Surfside Is Exposing Voters To A Different Side Of The Governor
SURFSIDE, Fla. (AP) — When the coronavirus ravaged Florida, Gov. Ron DeSantis defiantly bucked mask mandates. He later cracked down on protesters advocating racial justice, blasted President Joe Biden...
Recovery Workers Pledge To Press Forward In Condo Collapse
SURFSIDE, Fla. (AP) — Rescue workers now focused on finding remains instead of survivors in the rubble of a Florida condominium collapse paused briefly atop the pile Thursday to mark the two-week anni...
City: Evacuated Miami Area Condo Still Unsafe For Occupancy
NORTH MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (AP) — A North Miami Beach condominium building that was evacuated last week because of safety concerns must stay unoccupied until the condo association submits a new 40-year r...
Surfside Death Toll Rises To 60
SURFSIDE (VINnews) - Six more bodies pulled from building collapse site in #Surfside, in this first full day of recovery efforts. Number of deaths is now 60, and 80 people are unaccounted for accordin...
Search Of Collapsed Condo Shifts From Rescue To Recovery
SURFSIDE, Fla. (AP) — Emergency workers gave up Wednesday on any hope of finding survivors in the rubble of a collapsed Florida condo building and shifted their efforts to recovering more remains afte...
Building Collapse Shows Town’s Rich, Middle-Class Division
SURFSIDE, Fla. (AP) — The condo tower collapse in Surfside could exacerbate the division that already exists between the tiny Florida town’s new luxury buildings built for the global elite and those c...
14 Days After Florida Condo Collapse, No Signs Of Survivors
SURFSIDE, Fla. (AP) — The search for victims of the collapse of a Miami-area high-rise condominium reached its 14th day on Wednesday, with the death toll at three dozen, more than 100 people still una...
Fire Official Says 10 More Victims Found In Florida Condo Building Collapse, Bringing Death Toll To 46
SURFSIDE, Fla. (AP) — The search for victims of the collapse of a Miami-area high-rise condominium reached its 14th day on Wednesday, with the death toll at 46, scores still unaccounted for and author...
On The Frontline In Surfside With Miami-Dade Police Chaplain Rabbi Yossi Harlig
SURFSIDE, Fla.— (CHABAD.org/Dovid Margolin) - Suit jacket slung over his arm and badge around his neck, Miami-Dade police chaplain Rabbi Yossi Harlig walks briskly down Collins Avenue. He’s heading ba...
