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Nation/World News Support Local News. We've been with you throughout the pandemic, the vaccinations and the reopening of schools, businesses and communities. There's never been more of a need for the kind of local, independent and unbiased journalism that The Day produces. Please support our work by subscribing today. As condo crashed down, they escaped through smoke and ruin In this Sunday, June 27, 2021, image from video, Alfredo Lopez talks about how his family escaped from the Champlain Towers South condo building in Surfside, Fla. Lopez and his wife, Marian, right, were asleep w...

By Rob Kuznia, Scott Glover, Curt Devine and Casey Tolan, CNN Sara Nir was up late, checking her email when she heard knocking sounds that went from a soft tapping to hard pounding to a frightful crash overhead — as if a wall had collapsed in the unit above her ground-floor condo. Raysa Rodriguez was sleeping in her room on the ninth floor when she awoke disoriented. The building was swaying “like a sheet of paper.” She ran into the hallway to find that it had been impaled from floor to ceiling by a concrete pillar; the doors of the elevators were shorn off, exposing the shafts.

Workers discovered extensive concrete damage and suspended a repair effort last fall at collapsed Florida condo Elizabeth Weise and Romina Ruiz-Goiriena, USA TODAY Florida condo collapse: Biden visits Surfside, FL as search and rescue efforts continue Replay Video UP NEXT SURFSIDE, Florida – When workers from Concrete Protection and Restoration and Morabito Consultants arrived to investigate and remediate work at Champlain Towers South, they found such extensive concrete deterioration and corrosion of reinforcement that some of the repair work couldn't be performed for...

View Comments SURFSIDE, Florida – When workers from Concrete Protection and Restoration and Morabito Consultants arrived to investigate and remediate work at Champlain Towers South, they found such extensive concrete deterioration and corrosion of reinforcement that some of the repair work couldn't be performed for fear it might affect the stability of nearby areas. In a summary of work performed produced by Morabito Consultants on October 13, 2020, the company reported it had discovered several issues, including potentially deep deterioration of concrete near the pool area. Full rest...

ABC News Turn on desktop notifications for breaking stories about interest? OffOn Collapse survivors escaped with their lives, but little else Dozens who fled the collapse of a condominium tower in South Florida escaped with their lives, but little else By RUSS BYNUM and KELLI KENNEDY Associated Press July 2, 2021, 4:59 PM • 4 min read The Associated Press FILE - In this June 30, 2021, file photo, light shines on the Champlain Towers South as search and rescue teams continue looking for survivors of the partially collapsed residential building in Surfside, Fla. Dozens of people escaped wit...