Number of missing people unknown after Florida condo building collapse

Officials said at a press conference that dozens of units in a 12-story condo building with over 130 units collapsed early Thursday morning in Surfside, Florida, north of Miami Beach. Search and rescue pulled 35 people from the structure, part of which was still standing, and two people were pulled from the rubble, one of whom died. The number of missing is currently unknown. Watch the press conference.

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  1. possibly a sink hole?? I just keep thinking of ppl that could still be alive under the rubble…OMG!! Prayers going out to y’all here from Texas!! Hurry and look under the rubble, though!!!

    1. Israel bombs Palestinian buildings like this and the loss of life is more than we will ever be told.
      Whole cities and populations waking up to Devastation like this and wondering how many people are dead.

    2. A sinkhole would have fked up the streets hella. That was a c0ntr011ed d3m0lition. This comment will be deleted by the YT algorithms…

  2. So incredibly scary! This place was built in the 1980s from what I could find: so only about 40 years old. Hopefully they can find out what happened to cause this tragedy in order to stop it from occuring again or elsewhere. My prayers are with the victims and thier families. 😭💔

    2. @Mike Barry I bet those people pancaked between those floors would think different now.

    5. @Mike Barry You sheeple/trolls deserve to have events like this happen to you. That’s how dumb the masses are.

  3. Tired of these politicians just saying peachy things like thank you to the responders, let them do their job, etc. No crap! How about addressing whyyy and how this happened in the first place? Inspections, builders, building managers need to be held accountable 😡😡😡

    1. Slapping each other on the back. Next giving awards for their amazing job. Posing for photo ops “Heroes”. Thanking each other over and over.
      Go on TV and say what an incredible responce….

    2. You’re not wrong but a failure of this magnitude is systemic and institutional. The simple truth is owners and builders lobby the Florida GOP to remove laws that required extensive inspections and expensive building practices. They’re not going to be held accountable because what they did is not against the law. They might be sued and that could result in a settlement but that settlement is likely to become a cost of business and only result in higher rents, perversely making the building as expensive if they had done the inspections in the first place, except without the benefit of inspections. If this is upsetting to Floridians stop voting for the GOP, and become a progressive. You Don’t Have To Die In a building collapse! Vote for progressives!

    3. @Nicky Krystals it’s even easier to speculate when a building collapses in a GOP controlled state. Was there a preventable mass casualty event that cost many average citizens their lives but made a few very wealthy citizens even more wealthy? You might have died because the GOP f****** hate you or at least love money more than it loves you. In fact I’m sure that’s why the GOP love money and power more than they love human life, but that doesn’t mean they hate all human life. Just people of color. So if you don’t want to die because the period of inspections is longer than the period of catastrophic failure developing, vote for progressives.

    5. @Ron Dogg Well said. The priority now must ne recovery. There will be plenty of time to discover cause later.

  4. With sinkholes occurring all over the state of Florida, it wouldn’t surprise me if that’s what happened

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    4. What about controlled demo just like they did in C***a…streets would be affected as well…

  5. Just by looking at the faces of the police and fire officials you know it will be a mass casualty situation.

    1. You don’t need supervisors to help also too many people could do more harm than good.

    2. there are people on search & rescue but they are in the site — these people you see are not the active members of the search & rescue ……. dont be judgmental

  7. This is so disheartening. I’m sure a huge support for the families would be identifying who is responsible..

  8. This is unacceptable! A FULL investigation is needed! Prayers for the families!

  10. Jesus, I used to have the fear that my old apartment would collapse like this when it swayed in the winds. I was on the 12th floor and every time I would use the toilet or take a bath. I could see the water sway back and fourth with the building.

    3. My grandfather was an engineer and specialized in building high-rises. While planning the structure, allowance is always made for the “swaying” effect, it is normal, nothing to worry about. I can’t quite perceive why the building collapsed, it shouldn’t have happened no matter how much the structure was damaged by the elements. These buildings are built to last. Hmm…perhaps someone somehow helped it to fall??

  14. OMG. I wonder what happened? That is terrible. I plead the blood of Jesus over then from the crown of their head to the sole of their feet in Jesus name. I pray they are alive and well in Jesus name. That’s awful.

  15. Morning, so sad this has happened, , omg help all these people and children, prayers 🙏 sent to all and all who are helping with everything,

  17. Surely, there were signs that something with the structure was amiss…Surely complaints were disregarded

    1. I heard on MSNBC the building was due to be inspected this week. I’m not certain if it was a routine code inspection or due to complaints. In light of what’s happened, I’m inclined to believe there must have been some previous concerns.

    2. Ha! Are you serious? If you don’t think this has anything to do with the Democrats and McAfee having a condo on the side that was PLANNED 💥💥 than you are a blind 🐑

    3. @DOUG DEVINE oh c’mon..lets hear about baby godzillas burrowing tunnels looking for the missing Easter eggs too..Just not enough good RW wackjob conspiracy theories..I think baby godzillas is the better one..smh

  18. This is what happens when real estate developers build on sinking land in florida a foot away from the the ocean on an island in miami beach with flood issues

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