Family members of those killed in the Surfside condo collapse and developers are at odds over a memorial, another test in how the nation commemorates victims at tragic locations.
The Town of Surfside hosted a remembrance event for the 98 lives lost to the Champlain Towers South condominium collapse. Community members gathered at the barren site on the first anniversary of the disaster, which became one of the largest non-hurricane emergencies recorded in Florida.
Survivors of the Surfside condominium collapse say they are suffering even more today than they did on June 24, 2021, when two-thirds of the 12-story oceanfront building fell, one floor pancaking on top of another at 1:22 a.m. that Thursday, killing 98 people.