Episode 5: Dissecting a disaster: the Champlain Towers collapse under a microscope
Episode 5: Seven Minutes to Collapse — Collapse: Disaster in Surfside
While many observers thought Champlain Towers South collapsed instantly, the fatal tragedy actually unfolded over seven agonizing minutes.
What happened in those seven minutes is crucial to understanding one of the worst building collapses in American history. Miami Herald reporters spent months piecing together eyewitness accounts, video footage, photographs and complex engineering models to understand the disaster.
Episode 5: Seven Minutes to Collapse of Collapse: Disaster in Surfside, a new podcast from the Miami Herald/Treefort Media, takes listeners inside the beginning of the Herald’s investigation — which would offer the clearest answers yet about what went wrong at Champlain South.
BEHIND THE STORY
MOREA note about the project
“Collapse: Disaster in Surfside” is a 12-part investigative and narrative reporting project; a co-production of the Miami Herald and Treefort Media. We spoke with survivors, witnesses, experts, first responders, and journalists, to get the whole story of Champlain Towers South. Please consider supporting local journalism by purchasing a digital subscription at MiamiHerald.com/subscribe.