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July 3, 2021

DeSantis' office denies report of 'plea' to cancel Trump rally amid Surfside search

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis pushed back against a media report that he asked former President Donald Trump to cancel a planned Florida rally while search and rescue efforts continue at Surfside. 

July 2, 2021

Florida high-rise evacuated over structural concerns following Surfside condo collapse

City officials in North Miami Beach have ordered the shutdown and evacuation of a high-rise condo complex there, roughly a week after a deadly collapse left dozens of people missing in a neighboring community, according to local reports.

July 2, 2021

Grieving firefighter recovers his own child’s body from rubble of Florida condo collapse

A Miami firefighter working at the site of the Florida building collapse Thursday was among a crew of search workers who recovered the remains of his own daughter, officials said Friday.

July 2, 2021

Miami condo workers suspended repairs last fall due to concrete damage: report

Deterioration and corrosion was so bad that workers couldn’t carry out repairs amid concerns they “could affect the stability of the remaining adjacent concrete constructions," according to report.

July 1, 2021

Woman trapped in condo rubble pleaded with rescuers to save her

A Florida fire chief on Thursday said emergency workers heard the voice of a woman trapped in the rubble in the hours after last week’s horrific condo collapse – but they were unable to reach her.

July 1, 2021

Brother of Surfside condo collapse victim says he's losing hope sister will be found alive

Ignacio Maza, whose sister was visiting the Surfside, Fla., condominium when it partially collapsed last week and is now missing, told “America’s Newsroom” that he is “lost without her.”

July 1, 2021

Bidens visiting Surfside condo collapse site, will meet with families of those missing

President Biden is meeting with officials in Florida Thursday as search and rescue efforts at the Champlain Towers South condo building collapse site have been temporarily halted over structural concerns, with 18 confirmed dead and 145 still unaccounted for. 

July 1, 2021

Surfside collapse: Video shows water gushing into garage before building fell

Chilling new video footage shows water gushing into the garage of a Florida condominium building moments before it collapsed last week.

June 30, 2021

DeSantis: 'No evidence' climate change played role in condo collapse, despite energy secretary's claim

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis told Fox News on Wednesday that global warming does not appear to have had an impact on the tragic condominium collapse in Seaside, Miami-Dade County, Fla. over the weekend.

June 30, 2021

Surfside collapse: Former Florida official who said building was in ‘very good shape’ leaves new job

A former municipal official in Florida who assured condo board members that their building was in “very good shape” three years before it collapsed has left his new job, a city spokesman said Wednesday.