Partial Building Collapse in Miami

Tehillim updated list of names

Friday June 25

5:00 pm

- NJ12 Lakewood couple still missing Neighbors talk to media couple went to vacation on Florida and stayes by parents condo NJ12

- Chesed shel Emes is on standbuy with 40 crew members in the event they will need their services to retrieve and prepare bodies for burial

1:30 pm

- First Surfside condo collapse victim identified as Stacie Fang O"BM, mother of rescued boy who was seen rescued in video

-Authorities have moved the reunification center further away from the scene of the building collapse in #Surfside, #Florida. It has been relocated to the Grand Beach Hotel at 9449 Collins Avenue.

- Rescue crews say they hear a lady trapped inside behind the walls they are trying to get to her and dig her out

8:00 am 

death toll rises to 4 as 3 bodies were pulled from the rubble overnight. Officials say 159 unaccounted for 33 who are from the Jewish community. 

Chabad Rabbi in the area says they will work through shabbos and be available for families on scene.

#MDFR #FLTF1 conducting search and rescue operations in the rubble of the #SurfsideBuildingCollapse. Heavy machinery is being used in order to carefully lift and move around debris to access search areas. pic.twitter.com/Ol2Ok6v4a0

— Miami-Dade Fire Rescue (@MiamiDadeFire) June 25, 2021

11:00 pm heavy equipment is brought in to lift the rubble.

The condo building that partially collapsed was about to undergo extensive repairs for rusted steel and damaged concrete, an attorney involved in the project said Thursday.

8:00 pm Shul of Bal Harbour sets up fund for families of victims donate Here

Crews search the basement parking lot og collapsed building

South American embassies report over 20 citizens missing

5:30 pm Rescuers say they can hear ‘what sounds like banging’ as they search for survivors using sonar they did not hear human voices but sounds of banging

5:00 Florida Gov. Meets members of the Jewish community as many of the building occupants are Jews

-4:30 pm Search and rescue crews found 2 people alive in the rubble

 - “It’s a really, really tragic situation,” said Florida Governor Ron DeSantis at an emergency press conference. “We’ll hope for the best in terms of additional recoveries, but we’re bracing for some bad news, just given the destruction we’re seeing.

- The Florida high rise that collapsed early Thursday was determined to be unstable a year ago, according to a researcher at Florida International University. The building, which was constructed in 1981, has been sinking at an alarming rate since the 1990

- 4:00 pm Sources tell News 12's Jim Murdoch that the missing Lakewood couple was visiting relatives in the town of Surfside when the building collapsed around 2am.

- 3:00 pm Officials say 99 people remain unaccounted for. A fire broke out in the remaining part of the  building 

- 1:15 pm A Hatzalah member on the scene told Hamodia that 70 people were still missing, and as many of the building’s residents were Jewish, he was certain they were among the unaccounted for. He could not confirm if the Tehillim names circulating social media were accurate. “From what I understand, all people who could be rescued have been,” the Hatzalah spokesman told Hamodia. “People on site are evaluating the risk to still continue search and rescue.”

- 1:00 pm Charles Burkett, mayor of Surfside, Florida, says  there was some roof work going on "This is a catastrophic failure of that building and we need to understand  what happened. Obviously the foundation somehow was undermined; it looks like a bomb went off but we're pretty sure a bomb didn't go off.

11:00 am -51 people unaccounted for after condo collapse

10:00 am: A Lakewood couple from the Coventry area are reportedly unaccounted for Yisroel Tzvi Yosef ben Tioba Malka bas Sara Rochel, Tehillim at coventry shul.

Updated names for Tehillim: Moshe ben Toba, Moshe ben Shoshana, Aryeh Leib ben Ita, Lein ben ilana, Leibel ben Faiga Rivka, Ruth bat Sarah, Nancy bas Sofia, Franky ben Nancy, Jay ben Nancy, Deborah bat Haia, Yehuda Artye ben Freida Rivka, Rut bat Sara, Nicole bat Andrea, Mikael ben Hans, Gabriela bat Sara, Chaim ben Sara, Malka bas Sara Rochel, Yisrael Tzvi Yosef ben Toba, Tzvi Daniel ben Yehudis, Ita bas Miriam

Building collapse in Miami: Crews continue search and rescue effort following the collapse of a 12-story condominium building in Surfside early Thursday morning  Please Daven for those still missing Reports of Lakewood family among those unaccounted for.

חיים בן שרה

 מלכה בת שרה רחל

.ישראל צבי יוסף בן טויבה

 .צבי דניאל בן יהודית 

איטא בת מרים

Jpost - Officials confirmed at least one person is dead after a building partially collapsed in the Miami suburb of Surfside, Florida, early Thursday morning. The mayor, speaking a press conference, expressed the fear that the building could collapse entirely. 

Officials also believe there may be multiple fatalities. The mayor said 15 family units walked out of the building. 10 people were treated on-site and two were taken to the hospital, however CBS is reporting that there have been nine hospitalizations so far. One of the hospitalizations was the single confirmed fatality, according to the mayor. He added that there are likely several apartments still unaccounted for. 

🚨BREAKING: Partial collapse of a multi-unit residential building in #Surfside, Florida (near Miami) has caused a “mass casualty event.”

Hoping that these folks can be safely rescued.🙏🏼pic.twitter.com/kyklC84zEd

— Dena Grayson, MD, PhD (@DrDenaGrayson) June 24, 2021

The 12-story building called Champlain Towers is located at 8777 Collins Avenue next to 88th Street, in the heart one of Miami's most Jewish neighborhoods. It was built in 1981. 

A hotel next-door was evacuated since they can't guarantee that the buildings are stable.

"It's hard to imagine how this can happen," the mayor said. "Buildings don't just fall down."

Barry Cohen, 63, lived in the building in 2018 and was in a deep sleep when part of the building came down. 

"We looked out on our balcony and there was dust pluming out," he said. "We could see the outside from the inside."

Cohen and other residents of the building were rescued by Miami Dade Fire Rescue. 

"They are able to rescue some people... but I heard some screams," a resident of the building told NBC Miami's Sam Brock. "I lost a lot of friends, part of the building is pancaked."

Witnesses told Local 10 news that people were stuck inside the southern tower of the building. Rescue crews are currently working to remove people from the wreckage. One dramatic video published by WSVN 7 News from Miami shows firefighters pulling a minor out of the rubble. 

An image posted on Miami Beach Police's Twitter account showed a tangle of rubble with debris spilling down from what was left of the balconies of the building in the darkness. The reason for the collapse is unknown.

2,500 Orthodox Jews lived in Surfside in 2018, according to the Jewish Telegraphic Agency. It's across the street from Harding Avenue, which is home to a plethora of kosher restaurants and grocery stores. 

The Jewish community grew rapidly in the 1980s after years of anti-Semitism in the area. At the center of the community, and down the block from the collapse, is The Shul. It was founded by Chabad-Lubavitch emissaries and developed into a main community center. 

The collapse also occurred within walking distance to popular area hotels such as the Four Seasons, the Grand Beach and the St. Regis. 

If you are looking for family members, you can call 305-614-1819. A family reunification center has been established at 9301 Collins Avenue. Emergency information can be found by calling 305-993-1071. 

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