A commemorative ceremony was held on Friday to honor the victims of the deadly condominium collapse. This is a year since the event. First Lady Jill Byden spoke at the event, celebrating the 98 people killed when the Shanplane Towers South Building in Surfside, Florida collapsed.
The 12-story oceanfront condominium building was thundered in the middle of the night, leaving behind a huge pile of rubble and killing 98 people. This is one of the deadliest collapses in US history. The
disaster has also become the largest non-hurricane emergency response in Florida's history.
During the two weeks of June and July last year, rescue teams descended from other parts of Florida, far from Mexico and Israel, and local teams dug into the mountains to kill them. I helped to find it.
The Friday agenda included a private overnight gathering for the family to light the torch. First Lady Jill Byden was a public event hosted by the town of Surfside, attended by Governor Rondesantis, local officials and relatives of the victims.
"If you have enough strength to move this sad burden forward, if there is something that breaks its attraction , That's love, "Biden said.
On the speaker stage, a large black banner with a golden surfside town seal, "Love Lives On" written in white, and a rendering of the encounter between the two reaching hands. Was lined up.
Only two teenagers and one woman survived the fall and were pulled from the rubble, while others escaped from the part of the building where they originally stood.
Images of the rescue of a survivor were widespread, with a glimpse of hope shortly after the collapse, but the long and rigorous search was almost devastating, as the family waited so badly just to learn about the bodies of their loved ones. The result was good.
Missing in the collapse was the 7-year-old daughter of a firefighter who helped with the search, who was later found dead with her mother, aunt, and grandparents. .. A woman who heard a cry for help early on, but suddenly stopped. And the two sisters, four and eleven, pulled out of the rubble were small enough to be buried in the same coffin. A 12-year-old girl sat down and prayed across the rubble for the doctor's father, who was finally found dead.
Victims included not only locals, but also Orthodox Jews, Latin Americans, Israelis, Europeans, and visitors who were snowbirds from the northeast. rice field.
The cause of the collapse is under investigation by the National Institute of Standards and Technology, and this month the probe will enter a new stage for cutting and drilling in concrete and steel. Champlain Towers South has a long history of maintenance issues, using crude construction techniques in the early 1980s. Other possible factors include sea level rise due to climate change and damage from saltwater intrusion.
Pablo Langesfeld, the father of a 26-year-old lawyer who married and moved to the building months before the collapse, said the closure would not take place until the investigation was completed.
"This is a never-ending nightmare," Langesfeld told AP.
The place where the building stood was cleaned flat.
Federal authorities are investigating the collapse, which allows Florida legislators to secure We have decided to make changes that enhance the sex. Condominiums, including inspections at specified intervals.
The investigation is expected to take years, but the judge awarded $ 1 billion on Thursday to the victims of the collapse } Very quickly the resolution of the lawsuit filed by the survivors.
"Compensating them for tragic losses is by no means enough. This reconciliation is the best we can do. It's an amazing result. It's extraordinary," said Miami Dade. CBS, Judge Michael Handsman of the Circuit Court, said. News Miami reported.