Tag: Building collapses
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...
Condo board boss warned of worsening damage before collapse
Weeks before a Florida condo building collapsed, the president of its board wrote that structural problems identified in a 2018 inspection had “gotten significantly...
Army of volunteers showers first responders with food, water
SURFSIDE, Fla. — Nicolette Daniel pulled a wheeled cart packed with takeout boxes of chicken tenders, French fries and deep-fried Oreos to the intersection...
Biden to visit Florida building collapse on Thursday
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden will travel to Surfside, Florida, on Thursday to visit with the families of victims...
Tragedy becomes personal for Miami-Dade rescue crews
SURFSIDE, Fla. — Search and rescue teams from Miami-Dade are considered among the best and most experienced in the world, dispatched to epic disaster...
Prosecutors will ask grand jury to probe building collapse
SURFSIDE, Fla. — Prosecutors in Florida will pursue a grand jury investigation into the deadly collapse of an oceanfront condominium building, officials said Tuesday.
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Heat send help: After building collapse, NBA team rallies
MIAMI — Miami Heat guard Tyler Herro was working out Thursday morning with assistant coaches Chris Quinn and Eric Glass, when they were told...
5 killed in school construction site collapse in Belgium
PARIS — A school undergoing construction work collapsed in the Belgian city of Antwerp, killing five workers and injuring nine others, according to local...
Gaza’s bereaved civilians fear justice will never come
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — The al-Kawlaks, a family of four generations living next door to each other in downtown Gaza City, were utterly...