Video above: 97 Surfside condo collapse victims identified; Officials believe there is one moreAs the remaining rubble from the collapse of a 12-story oceanfront condominium was cleared away Wednesday, a Florida judge said victims and families who suffered losses will get a minimum of $150 million in compensation initially.That sum includes about $50 million in insurance on the Champlain Towers South building and at least $100 million in proceeds from the sale of the Surfside property where the structure once stood, Miami-Dade Circuit Judge Michael Hanzman said at a hearing.바카라 게임 웹사이트The court바카라 게임 웹사이트s concern has always been the victims here,바카라 게임 웹사이트 the judge said, adding that the group includes visitors and renters, not just condo owners. 바카라 게임 웹사이트Their rights will be protected.바카라 게임 웹사이트The $150 million does not count any proceeds from the numerous lawsuits already filed since the June 24 collapse, which killed at least 97 people. Those lawsuits are being consolidated into a single class action that would cover all victims and family members if they choose, the judge said.바카라 게임 웹사이트I have no doubt, no stone will be left unturned,바카라 게임 웹사이트 Hanzman said of the lawsuits. So, far 97 victims have been identified, many of them using DNA analysis. Miami-Dade officials had said Wednesday evening they believed they have two more victims to identify, but another person바카라 게임 웹사이트s name was released later in the day 바카라 게임 웹사이트 meaning there may be just one more.Officials have not yet announced an end to the recovery effort.Meanwhile, the site of the tragedy has mostly been cleared away with the debris relocated to an evidentiary collection site near the airport where a thorough search will continue 바카라 게임 웹사이트with enormous care and diligence,바카라 게임 웹사이트 said Mayor Daniella Levine Cava.She spoke about the difficulties of the search in a statement Wednesday.바카라 게임 웹사이트The enormous pressure of the weight of the collapse and the passage of time also make it more challenging,바카라 게임 웹사이트 she said, stressing that workers were still carefully combing through the rubble for the remaining victims as well as personal property and religious artifacts.On Wednesday, police said 24-year-old Anastasia Gromova and Linda March, 58, were identified.Gromova, a Canadian from Montreal, had just been accepted to a program teaching English in Japan and was visiting the condo for one last hurrah with friend Michelle Pazos. Gromova바카라 게임 웹사이트s body was recovered three days ago and was one of the last to be identified.Her grieving family rushed from Canada after the collapse and had spent weeks in agony waiting in Miami.바카라 게임 웹사이트It just makes it real and hard but on a different level. At least we can move on now,바카라 게임 웹사이트 her sister Anna Gromova told The Associated Press, describing her sister as a bright star that fell fast. 바카라 게임 웹사이트We will remember her forever.바카라 게임 웹사이트Her parents said she was bright, always on the go, constantly smiling and unafraid to take on difficult challenges. 바카라 게임 웹사이트It바카라 게임 웹사이트s hard because you knew the loss was preventable and still nothing was prevented,바카라 게임 웹사이트 her sister said.March바카라 게임 웹사이트s body was recovered July 5, police said. Earlier this year, the successful attorney rented the furnished penthouse where pictures of white bunk beds hanging precariously close to the sheered-off building made national headlines.March, described as an outgoing person, had lost both her parents and sister in the past decade and had gotten a divorce and was looking for a new start in Miami, friends said.The rubble that will be key evidence is being stored in a Miami-area warehouse, with the rest in nearby vacant lots, said the receiver, attorney Michael Goldberg. All of that will be preserved as possible evidence for the lawsuits and for other experts to review, he said.The National Institute of Standards and Technology is leading a federal probe into the collapse, according to a receiver handling the finances on behalf of the condominium board.바카라 게임 웹사이트It may take years for their report to become public,바카라 게임 웹사이트 Goldberg said of the NIST probe.The building was just undergoing its 40-year recertification process when it collapsed. That came three years after an engineer warned of serious structural issues needing immediate attention. Most of the concrete repair and other work had yet to be started.There remain differences of opinion among condo owners about what to do with the site. Some want the entire condo rebuilt so they can move back in. Others say it should be left as a memorial site to honor those who died. A third suggestion is to combine both.Owner Raysa Rodriguez, whose unit was on the ninth floor, said she couldn바카라 게임 웹사이트t imagine going back into a building in a place where so many friends died.바카라 게임 웹사이트I personally would never set foot in a building. That바카라 게임 웹사이트s a gravesite,바카라 게임 웹사이트 Rodriguez told the judge. 바카라 게임 웹사이트I wake up in the middle of the night thinking of everyone who perished.바카라 게임 웹사이트Oren Cytrynbaum, an attorney who is informally representing some fellow condo owners, said it was important to think creatively about the building sale, including whether requirements might be added such as a memorial of some kind for future developers.바카라 게임 웹사이트It shouldn바카라 게임 웹사이트t be a traditional land sale,바카라 게임 웹사이트 Cytrynbaum said. 바카라 게임 웹사이트We바카라 게임 웹사이트re not on one path.바카라 게임 웹사이트Hanzman, however, said time is of the essence because victims and families need money to begin rebuilding their lives.바카라 게임 웹사이트This is not a case where we have time to let grass grow underneath it,바카라 게임 웹사이트 he said. Associated Press writer Kelli Kennedy contributed to this report from Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
Video above:
As the remaining rubble from the was cleared away Wednesday, a Florida judge said who suffered losses will get a minimum of $150 million in compensation initially.
That sum includes about $50 million in insurance on the Champlain Towers South building and at least $100 million in proceeds from the sale of the Surfside property where the structure once stood, Miami-Dade Circuit Judge Michael Hanzman said at a hearing.
바카라 게임 웹사이트The court바카라 게임 웹사이트s concern has always been the victims here,바카라 게임 웹사이트 the judge said, adding that the group includes visitors and renters, not just condo owners. 바카라 게임 웹사이트Their rights will be protected.바카라 게임 웹사이트
The $150 million does not count any proceeds from the numerous lawsuits already filed since the June 24 collapse, which killed at least 97 people. Those lawsuits are being consolidated into a single class action that would cover all victims and family members if they choose, the judge said.
바카라 게임 웹사이트I have no doubt, no stone will be left unturned,바카라 게임 웹사이트 Hanzman said of the lawsuits.
So, far , many of them using DNA analysis. Miami-Dade officials had said Wednesday evening they believed they have two more victims to identify, but another person바카라 게임 웹사이트s name was released later in the day 바카라 게임 웹사이트 meaning there may be just one more.
Officials have not yet announced an end to the recovery effort.
Meanwhile, the site of the tragedy has mostly been cleared away with the debris relocated to an evidentiary collection site near the airport where a thorough search will continue 바카라 게임 웹사이트with enormous care and diligence,바카라 게임 웹사이트 said Mayor Daniella Levine Cava.
She spoke about the difficulties of the search in a statement Wednesday.
바카라 게임 웹사이트The enormous pressure of the weight of the collapse and the passage of time also make it more challenging,바카라 게임 웹사이트 she said, stressing that workers were still carefully combing through the rubble for the remaining victims as well as personal property and religious artifacts.
On Wednesday, police said 24-year-old Anastasia Gromova and Linda March, 58, were identified.
Gromova, a Canadian from Montreal, had just been accepted to a program teaching English in Japan and was visiting the condo for one last hurrah with friend Michelle Pazos. Gromova바카라 게임 웹사이트s body was recovered three days ago and was one of the last to be identified.
Her grieving family rushed from Canada after the collapse and had spent weeks in agony waiting in Miami.
바카라 게임 웹사이트It just makes it real and hard but on a different level. At least we can move on now,바카라 게임 웹사이트 her sister Anna Gromova told The Associated Press, describing her sister as a bright star that fell fast. 바카라 게임 웹사이트We will remember her forever.바카라 게임 웹사이트
Her parents said she was bright, always on the go, constantly smiling and unafraid to take on difficult challenges.
바카라 게임 웹사이트It바카라 게임 웹사이트s hard because you knew the loss was preventable and still nothing was prevented,바카라 게임 웹사이트 her sister said.
March바카라 게임 웹사이트s body was recovered July 5, police said. Earlier this year, the successful attorney rented the furnished penthouse where pictures of white bunk beds hanging precariously close to the sheered-off building made national headlines.
(David Santiago /Miami Herald via AP)
Debris dangles from Champlain Towers South Condo after the multistory building partially collapsed Thursday, June 24, 2021, in Surfside, Fla. (David Santiago /Miami Herald via AP)
March, described as an outgoing person, had lost both her parents and sister in the past decade and had gotten a divorce and was looking for a new start in Miami, friends said.
The rubble that will be key evidence is being stored in a Miami-area warehouse, with the rest in nearby vacant lots, said the receiver, attorney Michael Goldberg. All of that will be preserved as possible evidence for the lawsuits and for other experts to review, he said.
The National Institute of Standards and Technology is leading a federal probe into the collapse, according to a receiver handling the finances on behalf of the condominium board.
바카라 게임 웹사이트It may take years for their report to become public,바카라 게임 웹사이트 Goldberg said of the NIST probe.
The building was just undergoing its 40-year recertification process when it collapsed. That came three years after an engineer warned of serious structural issues needing immediate attention. Most of the concrete repair and other work had yet to be started.
There remain differences of opinion among condo owners about what to do with the site. Some want the entire condo rebuilt so they can move back in. Others say it should be left as a memorial site to honor those who died. A third suggestion is to combine both.
Owner Raysa Rodriguez, whose unit was on the ninth floor, said she couldn바카라 게임 웹사이트t imagine going back into a building in a place where so many friends died.
바카라 게임 웹사이트I personally would never set foot in a building. That바카라 게임 웹사이트s a gravesite,바카라 게임 웹사이트 Rodriguez told the judge. 바카라 게임 웹사이트I wake up in the middle of the night thinking of everyone who perished.바카라 게임 웹사이트
Oren Cytrynbaum, an attorney who is informally representing some fellow condo owners, said it was important to think creatively about the building sale, including whether requirements might be added such as a memorial of some kind for future developers.
바카라 게임 웹사이트It shouldn바카라 게임 웹사이트t be a traditional land sale,바카라 게임 웹사이트 Cytrynbaum said. 바카라 게임 웹사이트We바카라 게임 웹사이트re not on one path.바카라 게임 웹사이트
Hanzman, however, said time is of the essence because victims and families need money to begin rebuilding their lives.
바카라 게임 웹사이트This is not a case where we have time to let grass grow underneath it,바카라 게임 웹사이트 he said.
Associated Press writer Kelli Kennedy contributed to this report from Fort Lauderdale, Florida.