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.

www.cnbc.com

 

[Mel70]

Those numbers will leave the Hyatt skywalk collapse still as the greatest engineering disaster. It is being mentioned here in KC a lot recently with this. 40 years ago this coming weekend.

I was at my grandparents when that happened. It gave me nightmares.

 

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And in my 11 Yr old mind I could not make sense of how that could happen.

 

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Pool deck, garage ceilings of collapsed Surfside building were problematic as early as 1996, documents show

There are at least 95 confirmed deaths from the collapse.

abcnews.go.com

 

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I was at my grandparents when that happened. It gave me nightmares.

There were people i knew that were injured and killed in it. One didn't know her parents were even there until she was notified of their deaths the next day.

 

[Mel70]

There were people i knew that were injured and killed in it. One didn't know her parents were even there until she was notified of their deaths the next day.

How awful.

 

[Mel70]

I remember them talking about a baby.

 

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Nine golden retrievers from Florida, Georgia, Illinois, South Carolina and Tennessee were deployed by the Lutheran Church Charities (LCC) K-9 Comfort Dog Ministry this month to Champlain Towers South, bringing comforting smiles, empathetic eyes and furry paws to hold.

The organization says its goal was to help first responders process their grief from a grueling search in which the death toll keeps rising.

"We're very concerned about their mental health," Bonnie Fear, the LCC K-9 crisis response coordinator, told NPR.

Live Updates: Miami-Area Condo Collapse

The 12-story condo building in Surfside, Fla., split and part of it came crashing down

www.npr.org

 

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Nine golden retrievers from Florida, Georgia, Illinois, South Carolina and Tennessee were deployed by the Lutheran Church Charities (LCC) K-9 Comfort Dog Ministry this month to Champlain Towers South, bringing comforting smiles, empathetic eyes and furry paws to hold.

The organization says its goal was to help first responders process their grief from a grueling search in which the death toll keeps rising.

"We're very concerned about their mental health," Bonnie Fear, the LCC K-9 crisis response coordinator, told NPR.

Live Updates: Miami-Area Condo Collapse

The 12-story condo building in Surfside, Fla., split and part of it came crashing down

www.npr.org

I love Goldens. R.I.P. Harley buddy.

 

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Judge approves sale of site of Surfside condo collapse

Miami-Dade Circuit Judge Michael Hanzman ordered that the process begin to sell the site of the Champlain Towers South in Surfside, which could fetch $100 million, according to court records.

www.local10.com

 

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97 victims recovered, 90 identified & 88 next of kin notified
240 people accounted for
8 potentially still missing

The death toll in the Surfside condo collapse has risen to 97 | CNN

Rescue crews have recovered 97 bodies from the rubble of the Surfside, Florida, building collapse; and though they have made great progress, there is still more work to be done.

www.cnn.com

 

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video

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Partial roof collapse of Miami-Dade 3 story apartment building causes evacuation, firefighters say​

Around 4 p.m., Miami-Dade police received calls about the collapse at the apartment building at 17500 NW 68th Avenue. Police say no injuries have been reported during or after the collapse.

Miami-Dade Fire Rescue said it is evacuating the building.

https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/community/miami-dade/article252816838.html

 

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Miami-Dade County authorities said at least 97 people died from the June 24 collapse of a portion of the condominium complex. As of Friday, 93 of those victims have been identified, with potentially at least one more person buried in the rubble.

Judge: All options on table for site of collapsed building

A South Florida judge says all options remain on the table as a decision is made over what to do with the property where a 12-story condominium tower collapsed last month

abcnews.go.com

 

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