Remembering the victims of the Surfside tower collapse
They ranged in age from 1 to 92, spoke a cacophony of languages and hailed from everywhere. They were émigrés fleeing repressive regimes, retirees seeking repose and newlyweds embarking on new lives. They had found their place in the sun, Surfside’s Champlain Towers South. And then, the unthinkable. Here are the 98 people lost in the collapse on June 24, 2021.
No one died in the blacked-out units; the residents either were not home, or their unit was part of the building that did not collapse. No one died on Floor 1 or the Penthouse level.
Additional contributors
Developers: Aaron Albright, Dana Cassidy, Jay Pilgreen
Graphic design: Marco A. Ruiz
Director of High Impact Experiences: Eduardo M. Alvarez
Project editors: Joan Chrissos, Casey Frank, Amy Reyes
Photo editors: Marta Oliver Craviotto, Orlando Mellado
Copy editor: Mary Behne
Director of Research: Monika Leal
Reporters: Ariana Aspuru, Sarah Blaskey, Adriana Brasileiro, Howard Cohen, Ben Conarck, Taylor Dolven, Gwen Filosa, Joey Flechas, David Goodhue, Samantha Gross, Asta Hemenway, Anna Kaiser, Aaron Leibowitz, Connie Ogle, Syra Ortiz-Blanes, David Ovalle, Bianca Padró Ocasio, Allie Pitchon, Linda Robertson, Madeleine Romance, C. Isaiah Smalls II, Jimena Tavel, Carli Teproff, Colleen Wright
This story was originally published September 18, 2021 at 7:57 PM.