Tag: Structural failures
Collapse survivors escaped with their lives, but little else
SURFSIDE, Fla. — Susana Alvarez fled her home on the 10th floor of Champlain Towers South, escaping with her life and almost nothing else.
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Saying goodbye to Marcus Guara, who ‘lived for his family’
Peter Milián has sifted through hundreds of pictures of his cousin Marcus Guara and his family during the past few days since their beachfront...
Royal Caribbean opens cruise ship to house visiting rescuers
MIAMI — With housing options dwindling, a cruise ship will host hundreds of rescuers pouring into South Florida from across the country as the...
Sand sculptor hopes beach creation honors building victims
SURFSIDE, Fla. — Sweat poured from Isaac Meek early Friday as he finished his tribute to the lives lost in the Florida building collapse...
City orders evacuation of condo building deemed unsafe
NORTH MIAMI BEACH, Fla. — The city of North Miami Beach ordered the evacuation of a condominium building Friday after a review found unsafe...
Experts will study engineering reasons for condo’s collapse
SURFSIDE, Fla. — A team of technical experts from the federal government and outside specialists are going to gather building material samples and study...
Biden bringing message of comfort, unity to Surfside
SURFSIDE, Fla. — President Joe Biden is set to offer comfort and support Thursday to the families of the dead and missing after last...
Rescuers trying to free worker trapped in DC home collapse
WASHINGTON — Emergency crews responded Thursday to a report of a building under construction that collapsed in the nation’s capital. Several people were reported...
Detectives track down leads on missing from collapsed condo
SURFSIDE, Fla. — In some cases, multiple family members have reported the same relative missing to detectives attempting to hunt down information about those...
Stories of survival keep hope alive as rescuers race clock
For 17 days, Reshma Begum survived under heaps of rubble after an eight-story garment factory collapsed in Bangladesh eight years ago. A few years...