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Live Updates: Miami-Area Condo Collapse

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Live Updates: Miami-Area Condo Collapse
Hope, Tobias, Charity, Lizzie, Peace and Mary bring comfort to Surfside first responders and their families.

These Golden Retrievers Went To Surfside To Bring Comfort To First Responders

Jul 14, 2021
Nine golden retrievers from the Lutheran Church Charities K-9 Comfort Dog Ministry arrived at the site of the Champlain Towers South collapse to help families and first responders process their grief.
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Live Updates: Miami-Area Condo Collapse
Flowers and messages of love adorn wooden hearts with the names of victims of the Champlain Towers South building collapse, at a makeshift memorial near the site, on Monday, July 12.

The Death Toll In The Florida Condo Collapse Has Now Reached 94

Jul 12, 2021
Officials have unveiled plans to boost security around the debris pile. "This has become much more than a collapsed building site," said mayor Charles Burkett said. "It has become a holy site."
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Live Updates: Miami-Area Condo Collapse
Crews from the United States and Israel work in the rubble of Champlain Towers South condo in Surfside, Fla.

90 Deaths Have Now Been Confirmed In The Florida Condo Collapse

Jul 11, 2021
Officials in Surfside, Fla., on Sunday said that four more bodies have been recovered from the wreckage of the Champlain Towers South building. Some 31 people remain listed as missing.
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Live Updates: Miami-Area Condo Collapse
Workers oversee an excavator dig through the rubble of the collapsed 12-story Champlain Towers South condo building on Friday.

Death Toll In Condo Collapse Rises To 86 As Recovery Work Speeds Up

Jul 10, 2021
Seventeen days into responding to a condominium collapse in Surfside, Fla., officials cite progress in identifying victims and those still unaccounted for.
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Live Updates: Miami-Area Condo Collapse
Binx the cat was found near the collapse of the Champlain Towers South and reunited with his family.

Binx The Cat, A Survivor Of The Florida Condo Collapse, Was Reunited With His Family

Jul 09, 2021
Binx was found in the vicinity of the collapsed building and brought to an animal shelter. He was reunited with his family on Friday.
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Live Updates: Miami-Area Condo Collapse
Search teams continue work Wednesday as efforts move into a recovery operation at the collapsed Champlain Towers South condo building in Surfside, Fla.

Surfside Officials: We Weren't Notified Of Severe Deterioration Before Condo Collapse

Jul 08, 2021
In 2020, the engineering firm Morabito Consultants found "severely deteriorated" concrete in the Champlain Towers South condo building. Town officials say they weren't alerted.
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Live Updates: Miami-Area Condo Collapse
Rescue workers search in the rubble at the Champlain Towers South condo in Surfside, Fla., on June 26.

Officials Are Ending The Search For Survivors In The Surfside Condo Collapse

Jul 07, 2021
After 14 days of searching, the operation now turns to a "recovery" phase. None of the victims recovered from the wreckage as of Wednesday morning survived the initial collapse, authorities said.
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Live Updates: Miami-Area Condo Collapse
A memorial for the Guara family is posted on a fence near the Champlain Towers South on July 6 in Surfside, Fla. Officials overseeing the search at the site of the Florida condominium collapse seem increasingly somber about the prospects for finding anyo

10 More Bodies Have Been Discovered At The Site Of The Florida Condo Collapse

Jul 07, 2021
The death toll from the June 24 collapse has now climbed to 46, officials in Surfside announced Wednesday. The 14th day of the search yielded the highest number of bodies found in a single day.
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Live Updates: Miami-Area Condo Collapse
A memorial shows some of the people still missing from the Champlain Towers South condo collapse in Surfside, Fla.

Mental Health Counselors Address Enormous Grief From Surfside Families

Jul 06, 2021
NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Sandy Ala, a counselor working with Jewish Community Services of South Florida, who has been talking with survivors and families waiting for news in Surfside.
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Live Updates: Miami-Area Condo Collapse
Fire rescue workers head toward the partially collapsed 12-story Champlain Towers South on Monday in Surfside, Fla.

Florida Condo Deaths Climb To 36 As Officials Try To Pinpoint The Number Of Missing

Jul 06, 2021
Some 109 people were unaccounted for, though local officials said they had only been able to confirm that about 70 of those people were in the building at the time of the collapse.
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Live Updates: Miami-Area Condo Collapse
Rescue crews work at the site of the collapsed Champlain Towers South condo building on Monday after the remaining structure was demolished late Sunday.

Four More Bodies Found As Search Accelerates After Demolition Of Surfside Condo

Jul 05, 2021
Authorities said that 117 individuals remain unaccounted for from the collapsed building in Surfside, Florida. Authorities say demolishing the rest of the building has aided the search.
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Live Updates: Miami-Area Condo Collapse
The remaining structure of the Champlain Towers South condo building was demolished on Sunday night, in Surfside, Fla., more than a week after it partially collapsed.

Crews Demolish Remaining Section Of Florida Condo As Storm Nears

Jul 04, 2021
Officials in Miami-Dade County leveled the remaining section of the Champlain Towers South condo ahead of Tropical Storm Elsa. They said the unstable building was a danger to search efforts.
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Live Updates: Miami-Area Condo Collapse
An American flag flies from a crane on July 4th next to the Champlain Towers South condo building, where scores of victims remain missing more than a week after it partially collapsed.

Search Efforts Remain Paused In Surfside As Officials Race To Prepare Demolition

Jul 04, 2021
Preparations are underway in Surfside, Fla. for the demolition of a portion of the Champlain Towers South still standing after much of it collapsed in the early morning of Thursday, June 24.
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Crews are preparing to demolish the rest of the condo building that partially collapsed in Surfside, Fla., as a storm approaches.

Tropical Storm Elsa Nears Florida As Crews Prepare To Demolish Remains Of Condo

Jul 03, 2021
Officials say the unstable building poses a threat to the people involved in ongoing search operations. A storm expected to hit parts of Florida has exacerbated concerns.
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Live Updates: Miami-Area Condo Collapse
Hurricane Elsa is beginning a journey through the Caribbean. In addition to other damage, it could interfere with the search and rescue operation at the collapsed condo in Surfside, Fla.

Hurricane Elsa Could Complicate Surfside Search Efforts

Jul 02, 2021
Hurricane Elsa is expected to affect Florida early next week. Officials have begun preparations for potential impact as teams work at the condo site looking for those who remain unaccounted for.
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Live Updates: Miami-Area Condo Collapse
Family members hold a vigil this week for those who died and others who are missing in the Champlain Towers South condo collapse in Surfside, Fla.

Officials Begin To Plan Demolition Of The Remaining Part Of The Surfside Condo

Jul 02, 2021
Investigators say 22 people are known to have died and 126 are unaccounted for. The 7-year-old daughter of a Miami firefighter is among the dead. Another condo building was evacuated Friday.
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Live Updates: Miami-Area Condo Collapse
Search and rescue teams continue to look for survivors and remains this week in the partially collapsed 12-story Champlain Towers South condo building in Surfside, Fla.

Florida Judge Orders Surfside Condo Association Board Into Receivership

Jul 02, 2021
The Champlain Towers South condo association will now be overseen by a receiver who will handle all of the association's financial matters. It comes as questions swirl about the condo's collapse.
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Search and rescue teams look for possible survivors in the partially collapsed 12-story Champlain Towers South condo building on Wednesday in Surfside, Fla.

Months Before Florida Condo Collapsed, Residents And The Board Sparred Over Repairs

Jul 02, 2021
A November 2020 presentation to residents of Champlain Towers South in Surfside, Fla., prepared them for the expensive repairs ahead and warned that "shouting at each other doesn't work!"
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Live Updates: Miami-Area Condo Collapse
President Biden listens Thursday as Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis discusses the collapse of the 12-story Champlain Towers South condo building in Surfside, Fla.

Biden Spends Hours With Families Affected By The Condo Collapse And Pledges More Help

Jul 01, 2021
President Biden met with Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and pledged more help with the Surfside condo disaster. DeSantis said the federal-state coordination has gone well.
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Live Updates: Miami-Area Condo Collapse
U.S. Coast Guard boats patrol Thursday in front of the partially collapsed Champlain Towers South condo building in Surfside, Fla., ahead of President Biden's visit to the site.

Officials Resume The Surfside Search And Rescue Efforts After Hours-long Pause

Jul 01, 2021
Officials leading the search and rescue operation said Thursday that several possible risks of collapse were observed overnight at the site.
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Live Updates: Miami-Area Condo Collapse
Search and rescue teams work atop the rubble at the Champlain Towers South condo building Wednesday in Surfside, Fla., where scores of people remain missing after it partially collapsed on Thursday.

Champlain Towers Condo Board Hires A Crisis PR Firm After The Surfside Collapse

Jun 30, 2021
Levick, a crisis management firm that promises to "fix the impossible," is assisting the board with a deluge of media inquiries.
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Live Updates: Miami-Area Condo Collapse
Search and Rescue teams look for survivors in the partially collapsed 12-story Champlain Towers South condo building on June 30, 2021 in Surfside, Fla. Four more bodies were found on Wednesday.

The Warnings Were Mounting At A Florida Condo. Officials Demanded Only Minor Repairs

Jun 30, 2021
As recently as last month, Surfside officials were ordering changes at Champlain Tower South, one designed to protect turtle habitat. Demands never focused on the building's fundamental soundness.
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Live Updates: Miami-Area Condo Collapse
Search and rescue personnel work alongside heavy machinery Wednesday to sift through the rubble at the Champlain Towers South condo building, where scores of people remain missing almost a week after it partially collapsed.

Death Toll Climbs To 16 In The Surfside Condo Collapse, With 147 Missing

Jun 30, 2021
It has now been nearly a week since rescue crews last pulled anyone alive from the rubble, but officials in Florida reiterated Wednesday they were not giving up hope.
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Live Updates: Miami-Area Condo Collapse
A man looks at a memorial Tuesday with pictures of some of the missing from the partially collapsed 12-story Champlain Towers South condo building in Surfside, Fla.

As South Florida Grieves Condo Victims, Miami Beach Cancels Its July 4th Celebrations

Jun 30, 2021
The city of Miami Beach is cancelling its fireworks and other July 4th festivities out of respect for the families and victims of the condominium collapse in neighboring Surfside, Fla.
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Moises Soffer, a volunteer member of Cadena International's search-and-rescue team working at the site of the condo building collapse, holds a trained search dog named Oreo in Surfside, Fla., on Sunday.

Rescue Teams Hold Out Hope Of Finding Survivors In Florida Condo Collapse

Jun 30, 2021
It's been nearly a week since part of the building in Surfside, Fla., collapsed. "We still remain hopeful because that's who we are," says Leon Roy Hausmann, a representative of one rescue group.
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