Tag: Surfside
Head Of Israeli Delegation To Miami: ‘We’re Here To Save Lives, We Have Advanced Technology’
NEW YORK (VINnews) — Oz Jino, commander of the Israeli Home Front rescue workers who are working at the site of the Surfside tower collapse, spoke in an interview with the Walla site about the role of...
5 Days Later, Family Still Receiving Calls From Apartment Of Grandparents Missing In Surfside Collapse
SURFSIDE (VINnews) — A family made headlines two days ago when they said they were receiving repeated phonecalls from the landline belonging to their grandparents who were missing in the Surfside buil...
Benny and Malki Weisz Missing at Surfside Building Collapse
SURFSIDE (CHABAD.org) - Benny Weisz, 32, and Malki Weisz, 27, of Lakewood, N.J., had just flown into Surfside, Fla., the night of the Champlain Tower collapse. The couple, married for five years, came...
Chaim (Harry) Rosenberg Missing In Champlain Tower in Surfside
SURFSIDE (CHABAD.org) - Harry Rosenberg, 52, known to his family and friends by his Jewish name, Chaim, is an asset manager originally from Brooklyn and a recent resident of Champlain Tower in Surfsid...
New Israeli Diaspora Minister Travels To Comfort Jews In Surfside — And Looks To Mend US Ties
SURFSIDE, Fla. (JTA) — Nachman Shai’s first visit to the United States as Israel’s new minister for Diaspora affairs was not under normal circumstances.
“In hard times, in times of disaster, we hav...
Biden Going To Surfside Collapse Site
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden will travel to Surfside, Florida, on Thursday to visit with the families of victims of the collapsed Miami-area condominium tower, accor...
More Victims Named In Surfside Collapse
SURFSIDE, Fla. (AP) — The remains of 11 people have been found after the collapse of a 12-story beachfront condominium building in Florida, authorities said Monday. The Associated Press has been repor...
Florida Condo Collapse – Searching For Answers About What Went Wrong In Surfside Can Improve Building Regulation
(THE CONVERSATION) The collapse of a huge condominium building near Miami, Florida was shocking news to wake up to on the morning of June 24, 2021. It is one of the worst building collapses in recent ...
The Surfside Tragedy Recalls South Florida’s Long Hold On The Jewish Imagination And Reality
SURFSIDE (JTA) - Until a 13-story building inexplicably collapsed in the middle of the night, placing the whereabouts and lives of 159 residents in doubt, few gave Surfside, Florida, very much thought...
WATCH: Surfside Mayor Gets Emotional Sharing Story Of Young Jewish Girl Near Site Praying
SURFSIDE, Fla. (AP) — The mayor of a Florida town where a beachfront condo tower collapsed says his recent encounter with a little girl sitting alone in a chair near the site reminded him what an enor...
Chabad Mother Describes How She Escaped Surfside Tower With Her Children Just Before It Fell
NEW YORK (VINnews) — While the world looks on in horror as rescue workers continue to try and save some of the more than 150 people trapped under the rubble of the South Champlain Tower in Miami, some...
Benny and Malki Weisz Missing at Surfside Building Collapse
SURFSIDE (CHABAD.org) - Benny Weisz, 32, and Malki Weisz, 27, of Lakewood, N.J., had just flown into Surfside, Fla., the night of the Champlain Tower collapse. The couple, married for five years, came...
Family Receives Calls From Landline Buried In Rubble Of Surfside Tower
NEW YORK (VINnews) — During the three days which have passed since the collapse of the Champlain Towers South in Surfside, Miami, there have been a number of signs of life from the rubble. Firefighter...
For Jewish Burial Societies, Surfside Building Collapse Presents A Grim And Complex Task
SURFSIDE, FL (JTA) - Among Rabbi Mayer Berger’s first thoughts on seeing the 12 stories of the Champlain Tower South pancaked upon themselves: This is like Sept. 11.
Then as now, destruction of uni...
Photos: In The Rubble Where A Surfside Tower Stood, A Grim Search For Survivors
SURFSIDE - Rescue teams search for any survivors within the sudden mountain of rubble. Family and friends wait with hope and fear for news at a reunification center nearby.
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Crews At Surfside Collapse Site Find Body, Human Remains, Raising Death Toll To Five,
SURFSIDE, Fla. (AP) — Rescue crews found another body in the rubble of a collapsed 12-story condominium tower near Miami on Saturday, raising the death toll to five as they raced to recover any surviv...
Heat Send Help: After Surfside Building Collapse, NBA Team Rallies, Arrive on Scene
MIAMI (AP) — Miami Heat guard Tyler Herro was working out Thursday morning with assistant coaches Chris Quinn and Eric Glass, when they were told there was a more pressing need.
Before long, Herro,...