Here is my translation of Ileana Monteagudo's first interview. She indicates clearly where she saw the crack (the wall near the balcony door) coming from the roof, downwards. Her first interview was not with telemundo but AmericanTeve41, a local station while still at the Surfside victim center...
At best it's ambiguous. The husband of the tiktoker was interviewed and said "The first thing that we saw was something fall down". His gesturing was as though some slab or ceiling came down. The reporter preluded by explaining that Castilero "saw the ceiling of the first floor of the Champlain...
It's odd that Linda March's body has not been reported as found. She resided in the PH4 penthouse. In theory she she should have been near the top of the pile.
Has anyone noticed if the order victims are being found is roughly tracking their floor number?
Regarding the HVAC units falling theory, the great number of units dangling off the still-standing wing, by what appears to be their electrical or refrigerant lines, indicates that they wouldn't readily roll off the roof. Even the sudden jolt these experienced as they were tugged between their...
Who is going to break it to him that what he describes as a broken beam in the tiktok video is just a TOW AWAY SIGN?
You can see the sign in the google street view.
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As far as litigation goes or 'take away lessons', would a car hitting a column or a weakened roof/balcony element falling change anything? Neither should cause a building to collapse.
New article today from the Miami Herald on Nathan Reiber, the beginnings of this project and all the various entities, people involved. Open in Incognito to get around paywall.
https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/community/miami-dade/miami-beach/article252467273.html
Hopefully someone with jurisdiction has the foresight to check for the CCTV system before they demolish or further disturb the still standing building.
From the drone footage I linked, you can see a large part of the 111 planters still fairly intact.
It's interesting how large parts of the deck structure remained elevated despite the collapse. It almost seems as though the west pool deck and upper level parking area collapsed further than the...
Extensive 4K aerial drone footage from various angles. Set the player settings to 4K. You can zoom in quite well to areas of interest.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GyrvMi-4QE4&t=115s
I don't believe anyone here has theorized that the weight of the swimming pool itself had anything to do with anything. The pool reached the foundation so that it's standing is not a surprise. Perhaps you meant the deck?
Can't help but wonder if the future deck slab renovation contractors dodged a bullet here. Would they have realized how precarious a state this structure was in and shored up the structure sufficiently?
Although it seems likely the jolt and bending forces added to the main columns as the slabs...
The TikTok video was taken by Adriana Castillero, who was staying in the hotel next door. They were by the pool. You can see on google the hotel pool has a direct view of the North face of the collapsed wing and garage.
Her husband Roberto Castillero was interviewed by the local media. You can...
The Sara Nir (unit 111) interview on Anderson Cooper. go to 14:00 A progression of deck slab collapses is becoming clearer now. Question is where it began.
https://omny.fm/shows/anderson-cooper-360/12-dead-149-unaccounted-for-in-surfside-condo-coll
Mark, you can see the concrete debris on the ground. The water main break resulting from this collapse explains the water seen in the Miami-Dade video.
The person who filmed this was staying in the hotel next door. She posted this 5 days ago. Her video history checks out...
https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMdasA62E/
This is interesting. Video of deck failure visible through the north parking entrance. All prior to the full on building collapse.
Every spot in that parking area was occupied. Any better images of the load on that pickup?
This would have been within view of Gabe Nir while she was in the lobby having security call 911.
This fits her account of the "parking lot of the building collapsing, like an abyss that has opened up...
