![]() How does a building collapse in the middle of the night and two years later, we still don't know why,” her brother, Martin, told us during a recent interview.Īllyn Kilsheimer is a world-renowned structural engineer who was hired by the Town of Surfside to independently investigate what caused the 40-year-old condo to come down. “We have absolutely no idea what happened, not only as a respect to the 98 families and all the unit owners who lost everything in a matter of seconds but to respect for everyone who lives on the coast or lives in condos across the state line. We deserve answers,” said Pablo Langesfeld, who lost his 26-year-old daughter, Nicky, and her husband, in the overnight collapse. “It’s very frustrating for us, for the families, for the friends, for the unit owners, for everybody. ![]() While hoses, rain puddles, water pumps, and construction cones border what appear to be the final remaining pieces of a structure that once was.įrom a distance, a fence wrapped in a tarp surrounds the site’s perimeter and the few artificial flowers that hang in the metal remind us this was the site where nearly 100 lives were lost on a summer night in 2021.īut nearly 24 months after this unimaginable tragedy, what caused this 12-story tower of homes to crumble to the ground is still unknown. A visit today to the former site of the Champlain Towers South condominium along Surfside’s oceanfront reveals branches of rusted metal piercing the concrete.
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