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June 25, 2021

Miami high rise collapse: Around-the-clock rescue effort continues as federal team preps for investigation

Miami first responders and assisting agencies were still conducting a search and rescue operation at the site of a collapsed high rise apartment building in Surfside, Fla., Friday night as a federal team of experts prepared to deploy from Maryland to inspect the site.

June 25, 2021

Florida families and friends desperate for answers as rescue operation continues in condo collapse

Search and rescue teams are currently battling weather and small fires as they comb through the massive pile of rubble that resulted from a 12-story beachfront condo's collapse early Thursday morning, leaving roughly 160 people still unaccounted for as of Friday afternoon.

June 25, 2021

Gov. DeSantis plans to send 50 law enforcement officers to Texas border

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis is sending 50 law enforcement officers to Texas to help with the continuing crisis at the southern border.

June 25, 2021

Daughter of missing woman in condo collapse: 'I'm just praying for a miracle'

Rachel Spiegel, whose mother Judy is among the missing in the tragic condominium collapse in Surfside, Florida, told "The Story" Friday that her mom is the loving cornerstone of their family and they're "praying and hoping for a miracle."

June 25, 2021

Miami condo collapse: Residents complained of construction noise, reports say

Residents of the Florida condo complex that collapsed Thursday had previously complained of construction noise that may have resulted from heavy work done to try and ensure the building was ready for its 40-year inspection, according to reports.

June 25, 2021

Florida woman with broken pelvis reportedly pulls daughter from rubble

A mom suffered a broken pelvis when she plunged four floors during the partial collapse of their Florida condo tower, but she managed to pull herself — and her teen daughter — from the rubble.

June 25, 2021

Surfside condo collapse rescue: How dogs search for survivors

Rescue dogs searching for the 159 now missing in the wake of the Surfside apartment building collapse in Florida are looking specifically for two things: human breath or human odor, a local police and military K-9 instructor says. 

June 25, 2021

Miami condo collapse: How long might victims survive in the rubble?

Search-and-rescue operations continue in Surfside, Florida, following the building collapse Thursday morning.

June 25, 2021

Bethenny Frankel organizing donations after Miami building collapses

The Champlain Towers collapsed on Thursday leaving three people dead and 99 unaccounted for.

June 25, 2021

Surfside building collapse: Death toll rises to 4 as rescuers put own lives at risk to find survivors

A massive rescue effort is underway Friday morning in Surfside, Florida, in response to the partial building collapse that killed at least four people and resulted in at least 159 people being unaccounted for.