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  1. BKNJ

    Miami Beach, Champlain Towers South apartment building collapse, Part 11

    When I read 904's account (which I don't have handy to reread), I didn't get the impression that there was a delay in the collapse. IIRC, they were almost to the front door... The way I visualize the situation is that since the x04 units are the units that were torn in half, they were...
  2. BKNJ

    Miami Beach, Champlain Towers South apartment building collapse, Part 10

    He is visible on the right of the car. People in the Youtube comments identified him... and many were not real happy with the officer's reaction. I don't either, quite frankly. I suppose it could have faded... last chemical burn I had faded pretty quickly, but in the first 30 minutes, I hurt...
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    Miami Beach, Champlain Towers South apartment building collapse, Part 10

    Hmmm... very interesting seeing these posts in juxtaposition. I'm sure I don't need to point out to this crowd that airbag deployments can cause burns. BKNJ
  4. BKNJ

    Miami Beach, Champlain Towers South apartment building collapse, Part 10

    Note that at 5:40 Argentine actor Nico Vazquez asks police for help, reputedly for his injured wife (I don't understand enough Spanish to be sure), at 88th and Harding but the officer rebuffs him as he doesn't speak Spanish. BTW, I realize 911 was called before the main collapse, but I'm amazed...
  5. BKNJ

    Miami Beach, Champlain Towers South apartment building collapse, Part 10

    I suspect he was from the East or North building... I know the North building had a PH-12, and I would assume the East building did... and he was stretching the definition of "next door" in the heat of the moment. He didn't seem like a man who had just escaped with his family and lost all his...
  6. BKNJ

    Miami Beach, Champlain Towers South apartment building collapse, Part 10

    When the bulk of the collapse happened, it seems in photos that the stucco ceiling going across the front of the first floor detached from the slab and fell across the driveway and right over a black SUV parked there. I suspect that this blocked the front doors and it wasn't immediately...
  7. BKNJ

    Miami Beach, Champlain Towers South apartment building collapse, Part 09

    Let's suppose that whatever was done on the roof causes a portion of the slab to fail over the x11 stack. There is some shear puncture at the outside columns and the slab hinges down somewhat... maybe 20 or 30 degrees. Nobody is in PH-A at that hour to see it, but now a couple lose pieces...
  8. BKNJ

    Miami Beach, Champlain Towers South apartment building collapse, Part 09

    I'm trying to give the residents of 508 the benefit of the doubt that they checked the main breaker... and that they don't need an electrician to reset a breaker... but, granted, I may be giving them too much credit. I look at it this way... if the electric stops at my breaker, it's my problem...
  9. BKNJ

    Miami Beach, Champlain Towers South apartment building collapse, Part 09

    Playing devil's advocate, I would say that his car probably has some kind of comprehensive coverage, which the scooter doesn't. But that would only apply if something nefarious was going on... which I am NOT implying. I know I've done some illogical things when I was tired, so I'd be chalking...
  10. BKNJ

    Miami Beach, Champlain Towers South apartment building collapse, Part 07

    I said 'when the 911 calls were first released'. I acknowledge that 99% of the articles out there do not specify 'survivors'... just like 99.9% of the articles out there specify erroneously that only 55 units were destroyed. Anyway, WPLG Local 10 specified 'survivors'... it was one of the...
  11. BKNJ

    Miami Beach, Champlain Towers South apartment building collapse, Part 07

    When the 911 calls were first released, the articles specified that they were the 911 calls from survivors... which indicates to me that there may exist unreleased 911 calls from non-survivors. BKNJ
  12. BKNJ

    Miami Beach, Champlain Towers South apartment building collapse, Part 06

    SFCharle: "What does it look like to you???" I didn't really want to say it, but every time I see this picture, it looks like a body splayed out. Torso/shorts are teal green, left arm straight and white, left leg towards us, right leg perpendicular with the knee bend at a 90 degree angle. I'm...
  13. BKNJ

    Miami Beach, Champlain Towers South apartment building collapse, Part 06

    One thing I would like to point out with the 711 video... a lot of the room appears to move to the left, but I think in reality, the extreme tilt of the room is actually causing the table the ring camera is on to slowly slide down to the right. I've also noticed a lot of people claim the...
  14. BKNJ

    Miami Beach, Champlain Towers South apartment building collapse, Part 05

    There are some question on Reddit if Cassondra Stratton was in unit 412. Since the body of Miguel Pazos, the owner of 412, was recovered in the rubble. Apparently, the unit Cassondra has taken selfies from recently is a x10 unit, possibly 410, it's possible she moved units. This would, to...
  15. BKNJ

    Miami Beach, Champlain Towers South apartment building collapse, Part 04

    Quote: "One thing I'm a bit curious about too, is where are these storage units they keep referencing in docs? It sounds like they were in really bad shape, and were somewhere down in the garage." It is. It is the triangular area to the far west. It it more-or-less under the front...

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