building collapse

After the deadly collapse last year of the Champlain Towers South condominium building in Surfside, the chairwoman of the Senate Community Affairs Committee filed a proposal Friday to require inspections of multifamily residential buildings in the state. The bill (SB 1702), filed by Sen. Jennifer Bradley, R-Fleming Island, would require what are described as “milestone” […]

After weeks of searching for survivors, the rescue efforts in Surfside, Florida have come to a close.  First responders have now transitioned from rescue to recovery mode. They said it couldn't be done, but just under 2 weeks after the initial incident, the remaining tower has been officially taken down.  But unfortunately, the narrative for […]

Within days after the partial collapse of the Champlain Towers condominium building in Surfside, Florida, during a confidential morning briefing with first responders and local officials, state officials asked Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava (D) when the demolition of the remainder of the building would occur.

As the tragic building collapse continues to unfold, politics has been put aside and both Republican and Democratic officials have joined together to focus entirely on rescue efforts. Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava (D) told The Floridian that the support coming from Gov. Ron DeSantis and the federal government was nothing less than "extraordinary," adding, "we have everything that we...

JUICE—President Joe Biden will be in Surfside, Florida today visiting with Gov. Ron DeSantis, Mayor Daniella Levine Cava, local leaders, first responders, and victims of the condominium collapse which has claimed 18 lives to date.

Surfside, FL— The International Search and Rescue effort to find survivors under the collapses condominium building continues, but while rescuers continue to sound hopeful to find survivors,  the grim reality that the rescue effort could become a recovery campaign very shortly is setting in.

  Where is Charlie Crist? The rescue effort in Surfside continues, and Gov. Ron DeSantis and many Republican and Democratic elected officials and leaders have been “boots on the ground” the entire time, but that hasn’t stopped Rep. Crist from taking a political jab at him, even though he has yet to visit the building collapse site. READ […]

Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett appears to have shunned or side-stepped President Joe Biden this past weekend by not calling him to offer support and condolences after the condominium building collapse in the predominantly Jewish city of Surfside, Florida.

The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) have answered the call for help after the building collapse in the predominantly Jewish community of Surfside, Florida, where 9 have been confirmed dead and another 156 still unaccounted for.

It didn’t take long after the tragic condominium building collapse in Surfside, Florida for Democratic Gubernatorial candidate, Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried to politicize the deadly event by taking not one, but two political swipes at Gov. Ron DeSantis.