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SURFSIDE, Fla. (AP) Binx the cat, who had lived on the ninth floor of the South Florida condo building that collapsed last month, has been found safe and returned to its family, officials said Friday.
Gina Nicole Vlasek, co-founder of The Kitty Campus, posted on Facebook that a black cat resembling Binx was found near the rubble of the Surfside building Thursday night and brought to the group’s nearby facility in Miami Beach. A former Champlain Towers South resident visited The Kitty Campus on Friday and confirmed that the feline was hers, Vlasek said.
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Binx The Cat, A Survivor Of The Florida Condo Collapse, Was Reunited With His Family By
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There was one spot of good news amid the search for the dead in Surfside, Fla. A cat named Binx, who had lived on the ninth floor of the collapsed building, was found alive and reunited with his family. I m glad that this small miracle could bring some light into the lives of a hurting family today and provide a bright spot for our whole community in the midst of this terrible tragedy, Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava told reporters at a press conference on Friday.
Law that allows condos to delay repairs under scrutiny
Now, many interest groups and public officials want the law to be updated.
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From left, Maria Fernanda Martinez and Mariana Cordeiro comfort each other while they look at the rubble at the Champlain Towers South condo in Surfside, Florida, on June 25, 2021. [ DAVID SANTIAGO | Miami Herald ]
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TALLAHASSEE â The deadly collapse of Champlain Towers South in Surfside has brought a little-noticed loophole in Florida law to the attention of lawyers, condo management companies, Realtors, insurance companies and consumer advocates.
Called the âkick the can down the roadâ provision by one attorney, Section 718.112 of the Florida Condominium Act allows condominium associations to waive the rule that their boards set aside adequate cash reserves to pay for needed building improvements. All it takes is a simple majority vote of the condo unit owners who show up at a condo board meeting to
Cat from collapsed Miami building found alive, returned to family Sat, 10 Jul 2021, 3:22PM
Binx the cat lived on the ninth floor of the South Florida condo building. (Photo / AP)
Cat from collapsed Miami building found alive, returned to family Sat, 10 Jul 2021, 3:22PM
Binx the cat, who had lived on the ninth floor of the South Florida condo building that collapsed last month, has been found safe and returned to its family, officials said on Friday (local time).
Gina Nicole Vlasek, co-founder of The Kitty Campus, posted on Facebook that a black cat resembling Binx was found near the rubble of the Surfside building on Thursday night and brought to the group s nearby facility in Miami Beach. A former Champlain Towers South resident visited The Kitty Campus on Friday and confirmed the feline was hers, Vlasek said.
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