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Surfside 1 Year Later: Condo Collapse Victims Honored at Memorial Service
A year after 98 people were killed in the Surfside condominium collapse, family members and the community honored those lost in the tragedy at a memorial service Friday.
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Judge Approves $1B+ Deal in Deadly Surfside Condo Collapse
A judge has given final approval to a settlement of more than $1 billion for victims of the collapse of a Florida beachfront condominium. Ninety-eight people died when the 12-story Champlain Towers South suddenly collapsed. It was one of the deadliest building failures in U.S. history. The decision by Miami-Dade Circuit Judge Michael Hanzman on Thursday comes one day before...
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Officials ID Voice Heard Amid Surfside Collapse Rescue Efforts, Solving Tragic Mystery
Rescue workers who were part of the initial search and rescue efforts at the site after the June 24, 2021, collapse heard the woman’s voice coming from the building’s ruins but her identity has remained uncertain.
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Lawyers Say Miami Condo Collapse Victims Will Share More Than $1B in Recovery Funds
The pool of funds intended to compensate victims of the collapse of the Champlain Towers South condominium will increase to more than $1 billion, attorneys Wednesday told the judge overseeing the resulting class action lawsuit.
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Surfside Victims, Family Members Push for Fitting Memorial at Collapse Site
There’s currently a hole in the beachfront skyline where the 12-story building once stood, as the property remains the subject of ongoing court hearings.
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Surfside Land Swap for South Florida Condo Collapse Site Rejected
Commissioners in Surfside, Florida, have rejected a proposal to trade public land to the eventual buyer of the condominium collapse site.
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4th Arrest Made in Surfside Condo Collapse Victim Identity Thefts
A fourth suspect has been arrested in connection with a scheme to steal the identities of victims of the Surfside condominium collapse. Nelson Ronaldo Garcia-Medina, 20, was arrested Wednesday on charges of fraudulent use or possession of personal identification, organized fraud, fraudulent use of a deceased person’s information, and unlawful use of a communications device, according to an arrest report….
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3 Arrests Made in Surfside Condo Collapse Victim Identity Thefts
Multiple arrests have been made in the identity theft cases that targeted victims of the Surfside condominium collapse, authorities said. At a news conference Wednesday, Miami-Dade State Attorney Katherine Fernandez Rundle said three “cyber grave robbers” targeted at least seven of the collapse victims, including five who were killed. Reports of identity theft cases began popping up just days after…
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Bidder Offers Up to $120 Million for Collapsed Surfside Condo Site
A private bidder is willing to offer up to $120 million to purchase the Miami-area oceanfront property where the collapsed Champlain Towers South building once stood.
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WATCH: Police Body Cam Footage Shows First Moments After Surfside Condo Collapse
Authorities in Surfside, Fla., released released police body camera footage on Tuesday that shows the initial emergency response to the condominium collapse that left 98 people dead.
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New Police Bodycam Video Shows Initial Response to Surfside Condo Collapse
People can be heard screaming and yelling for help amid rubble in newly released police body camera footage that shows the initial emergency response to the Surfside condominium collapse.
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Before Surfside, Miami Safety Board Sided With Building Owners More Than Inspectors
Building officials make recommendations to bring properties up to code and owners argue against them, typically asking for more time to comply.
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‘My Sister Is the Last One': Brother of Surfside Condo Victim Heartbroken, Not Hopeless
Ikey Hedaya is still waiting for closure almost a month after the Surfside condo collapse.
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Another Surfside Condo — Not Far From Collapse Site — Deemed Unsafe
It’s time to go. Everyone who lives at the Regent Palace condominium saw the destruction at Champlain Towers, less than six blocks away, and they don’t need to be forced out. They’re leaving or they’ve already left, voluntarily.
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Recovery Work at Surfside Collapse Site Will Continue for at Least a Month
The task in Surfside is far from complete, and the work of clearing rubble and retrieving human remains at the Champlain Towers South collapse site will go on for another month, according to town leaders.
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Teen Pulled From Surfside Collapse Rubble Reunited With Rescue Workers
The teenager who was pulled from the rubble of the collapsed Surfside condominium was reunited with the first responders who helped rescue him
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911 Recordings Show Panic, Disbelief When Surfside Condo Collapsed
Recordings of 911 calls after an oceanfront Surfside condominium building collapsed in the middle of the night show disbelief, panic and confusion as people tried to comprehend the disaster. “Oh my God! The whole building collapsed!” one caller told a dispatcher at the Miami-Dade Police Department, which released the recordings Wednesday from the June 24 collapse of Champlain Towers South…
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Search Continues for Condo Collapse Victims in Surfside as Death Toll Reaches 95
The death toll in the Surfside condominium collapse climbed to 95 Tuesday as officials said more than a dozen others could still be missing in the rubble. At a news conference Tuesday, Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava said 14 people remain potentially unaccounted for in the June 24 collapse of Champlain Towers South, an oceanside condo building in Surfside….
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Surfside Weighs How to Honor Victims at ‘Holy Site'
Even as crews are continuing their search for the last remaining souls that perished in the collapse of condominium town in Surfside, Florida, questions are swirling across the community about what to do with the property
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Surfside Condo Collapse Death Toll Reaches 94; Search Likely to Take Weeks
Authorities searching for victims of a deadly collapse in Florida said they hope to conclude their painstaking work in the coming weeks as the death toll continued to rise closer to 100.