Tag: Structural failures
Experts will study engineering reasons for condo’s collapse
SURFSIDE, Fla. — A team of technical experts from the federal government and outside specialists are going to gather building material samples and study...
Biden bringing message of comfort, unity to Surfside
SURFSIDE, Fla. — President Joe Biden is set to offer comfort and support Thursday to the families of the dead and missing after last...
Rescuers trying to free worker trapped in DC home collapse
WASHINGTON — Emergency crews responded Thursday to a report of a building under construction that collapsed in the nation’s capital. Several people were reported...
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...
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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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...
