Five years after the Surfside condo collapse, killing 98, what's changed?
The Champlain Towers South condominium in Surfside, Florida, collapsed five years ago. How is the state grappling with how it regulates structural safety?
SURFSIDE, Fla. — Just around the corner from where a beachfront condominium collapsed five years ago, there's a makeshift memorial: a plastic banner strung up on a wood frame, with the names of the 98 victims, ranging in age from a year-old infant to a 92-year-old grandmother.
"It's an unfortunate reminder of how big this tragedy was," says Martin Langesfeld, locating the name of his sister Nicky, 26, and her husband Luis Sadovnik, 28. "It's more than just names. It's stories. It's families."
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