Champlain Towers South in Surfside, Miami-Dade, FL collapsed 2021 June 24

“As I moved closer, I could hear somebody making noise and yelling. I started to get close to the building and climbed into the debris, and I could hear him saying that he was over there, and I could see his arm sticking up through the debris and waving his hand,” Nicholas Balboa, a man from Phoenix, told CNBC’s “The News with Shepard Smith” on Thursday night.

“He was just saying, ‘Please don’t leave me, please don’t leave me.’ I told him that we weren’t going to leave him,” Balboa said. “It was myself and one other person. So, we were there and we just felt like we could get to him. It didn’t feel right to just leave him, especially hearing that his voice was just so young.”

Balboa was in Surfside, Florida, to visit his father when Champlain Towers South building crumbled early Thursday. According to NBC News, authorities were called about the collapse around 1:30 a.m. ET

Florida building collapse: Eyewitness describes how he helped save young boy from rubble

A man who witnessed the harrowing collapse of a 12-story oceanfront condo tower outside Miami helped save a young boy who was stuck in the debris.

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[RoundPeg]

already down. That was neat to watch and sad

Truth. It came down perfectly.

 

[Mel70]

Judge rejected woman’s request to save pet before Florida condo razed

Stacey Karron’s emergency petition with a court to save a stranded pet from the remaining portion of the collapsed Florida condo building was denied, and the structure was razed an hour later…

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Judge rejected woman’s request to save pet before Florida condo razed

Stacey Karron’s emergency petition with a court to save a stranded pet from the remaining portion of the collapsed Florida condo building was denied, and the structure was razed an hour later…

nypost.com

I really hope he got out of there somehow and come back to her. We could use a miracle here.

 

[Mel70]

They've left food & water for the cat however it hasn't been spotted by any rescue personnel. They are still searching for any that can be rescued first.

There was one seen on a balcony.

 

[Mel70]

https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/article252432198.html

 

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As far as possible pets left in the building after residents abandoned the structure immediately after the rest of the tower collapsed early morning June 24, Levine Cava said Miami-Dade fire rescue had conducted three full sweeps of the premises, using live traps and drones equipped with thermal imaging.

She said, according to the latest information, there were no animals remaining in the building.

She said fire rescue looked in closets and under beds, in case pets were hiding.

VIDEO: Remaining Surfside condo tower demolished Sunday night

The demolition of the remaining portion of Champlain Towers South condo happened Sunday night at 10:28 p.m.

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With that looming threat imploded, the searchers are more free to actually search.

Emotional toll of condo collapse mounts as 10 more bodies recovered; 46 now confirmed dead

The search for victims of the collapse of a Miami-area high-rise condominium has reached its 14th day, with the death toll at 46 and authorities sounding increasingly grim.

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*(survivor story)

Gonzalez lived with her parents on the ninth floor of Champlain Towers South. She and her mother, Angela Gonzalez, fell several stories before being rescued on the fifth floor, she told her coach. Her mother was among the survivors pulled from the rubble and is still hospitalized with serious injuries, Morgan told The Associated Press.

Tale of rescue after falling several floors in Fla. collapse

When 16-year-old rising volleyball star Deven Gonzalez was pulled from the rubble of her Miami condo building, her initial reaction amid the shock was to tell firefighters that she was competing in a major tournament in a few days.

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Current conditions, see video ..

 

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*(I'm confused by this quote)
Up to 113 people remain unaccounted for, though only 70 of those are confirmed to have been inside the building when it collapsed, Levine Cava said.

Searchers at collapse site 'not seeing anything positive'

Officials overseeing the search at the site of the Florida condominium collapse seem increasingly somber about the prospects for finding anyone alive.

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[RoundPeg]

*(I'm confused by this quote)
Up to 113 people remain unaccounted for, though only 70 of those are confirmed to have been inside the building when it collapsed, Levine Cava said.

Searchers at collapse site 'not seeing anything positive'

Officials overseeing the search at the site of the Florida condominium collapse seem increasingly somber about the prospects for finding anyone alive.

apnews.com

Maybe 43 of them are on vacation. Etc. I think they're saying they cannot account for the whereabouts of 43 people when the structure collapsed. Those 43 people need to make themselves known if possible. They may be in the rubble but no one knows.

 

[Guess Who]

*(I'm confused by this quote)
Up to 113 people remain unaccounted for, though only 70 of those are confirmed to have been inside the building when it collapsed, Levine Cava said.

Searchers at collapse site 'not seeing anything positive'

Officials overseeing the search at the site of the Florida condominium collapse seem increasingly somber about the prospects for finding anyone alive.

apnews.com

I think it's the difference of known tenants living there that lived there that have checked in vs having families that have reported them missing vs the rest that they can't officially account for as being there or not

 

[kdg411]

*(here's a 1st I've seen)

The Florida judge overseeing a group of civil lawsuits filed against the Champlain Towers South condominium board asked the plaintiff lawyers involved in the cases to consider working pro bono as they seek to win a payout for their clients, a mix of residents of the collapsed tower and family members of victims.

“I want you to think about which firms if any here are willing, given the unique circumstances of this tragic case, which is not business as usual, to participate on a pro bono basis,” Judge Michael Hanzman said at a hearing Tuesday.

Hanzman said he would consider allowing for attorney’s fees and a “reasonable compensation” to be awarded to the lawyers from any funds won in the case if a pro bono agreement were to be reached.

The issue is expected to come up again at a follow-up hearing on Wednesday morning.

July 6, 2021 Surfside condo collapse updates

The rest of the partially collapsed Surfside building was demolished to expand search efforts. Follow here for the latest news.

www.cnn.com

confirmed deaths to 36, with 109 people who are potentially unaccounted for

 

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News

www.kctv5.com

Surfside catastrophe raises concerns about San Francisco's sinking Millennium Tower​

San Francisco's lavish Millennium Tower, with soaring panoramic views and world-class amenities, opened to great fanfare in 2009.

A dozen years later, it's still promoted "Your city within the city," a 58-story monolith with more than 400 multimillion-dollar units in San Francisco's tallest residential building.

"It was billed as one of the top 10 most luxurious buildings in the world," former Millennium resident Frank Jernigan recalled.

But, since it opened, the hulking blue-gray tower has sunk 18 inches into the soft downtown soil on which it was built -- and it's tilting, according to the Millennium's current engineer, Ronald Hamburger.

 

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Sisters in Florida condo collapse buried in same coffin

Lucia Guara, “Lulu bear,” loved watching “Jeopardy” with her dad, dancing and doing yoga with her mother. Her baby sister, Emma, was the princess of the family, a natural artist, who enjoyed her da…

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15 people still missing attend(ed) the church where the funeral was held.

 

[Mel70]

*(I'm confused by this quote)
Up to 113 people remain unaccounted for, though only 70 of those are confirmed to have been inside the building when it collapsed, Levine Cava said.

Searchers at collapse site 'not seeing anything positive'

Officials overseeing the search at the site of the Florida condominium collapse seem increasingly somber about the prospects for finding anyone alive.

apnews.com

That is confusing when they have been stating 148 was the original number of unaccounted for.