Florida condo collapse: Weighing how to honour dead a “holy site”
Surfside, Florida, USAP As crews keep searching for the last missing remains of the souls who perished in their collapsing beachfront condos nearly three weeks ago, the question is swirling across the ruins of the Champlain Towers South: What will become of the ground that bears so much pain? “There’s a lot of emotion. People […]
A devastated Jewish community in Surfside, Florida, begins burying its dead
RNS As the search for missing people trapped in the rubble of a Surfside, Florida, condo building continued, the town’s large Jewish community buried its first victims on Monday and Tuesday. Leon Oliwkowicz, 81, and his wife, Christina Beatriz Elvira Oliwkowicz, 74, were among the first apartment dwellers identified after the 13-story Champlain Towers South […]
Jewish community prays for miracles after US condo collapse
Surfside, Florida, USAP Numerous members of an Orthodox synagogue are among those missing after the collapse of a seaside condominium tower in Surfside, Florida. The town is home to a large Jewish community, where the families often crowd the sidewalks before sunset as they walk to services for the Sabbath. Rabbi Sholom D Lipskar, the […]
At least 99 missing after apartment tower collapse in Florida
Last update: 12.30pm (AEST) A desperate search is underway for 99 people missing after a 12 storey apartment tower collapsed in Florida early Thursday morning. At least one person died in the collapse of the Champlain Towers in Surfside, just to the north of Miami Beach, and a further 11 people have been injured while at […]