Surfside Community Marks Fifth Anniversary of Champlain Towers South Collapse

‘Wounds still present' five years after Surfside condo collapse

98 people dead.  It’s not possible to measure the emotional impact of the Surfside tragedy, and now, exactly five years after the Champlain Towers South building collapsed, the community and the families are trying to cope with the immense loss.  A day of commemoration began in the morning darkness with the reading of the 98 names. It’s now a Surfside tradition, a somber reflection of tragedy.  “It is devastating,” said Raquel Oliveira, who lost…

Surfside Community Marks Fifth Anniversary of Champlain Towers South Collapse

SURFSIDE, FL (VINnews) – Families, survivors, first responders and community leaders gathered Tuesday in Surfside to mark the fifth anniversary of the Champlain Towers South condominium collapse, one of the deadliest building failures in U.S. history. The solemn ceremony honored the 98 people who lost their lives when the 12-story beachfront building collapsed in the […]