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Developers and city officials are pushing back on family members’ expectations for a memorial for 98 people who died last year when a beachfront Florida condominium building collapsed. Surfside Mayor Shlomo Danzinger hosted a meeting Monday for representatives from DAMAC Properties and people whose loved ones died when the Champlain Towers South building fell. Danzinger says it would have been...

Lawyers who secured a $1.1 billion settlement in the deadly collapse last year of a beachfront Florida condominium building have been awarded more than $70 million in fees. The total awarded by a judge Monday was less than the roughly $100 million attorneys with the 17 law firms had requested. But there were never any guarantees they would be paid...

NBC 6’s Steve Litz has more over one year after the collapse that killed 98 people.

A judge says money from the sale of Florida beachfront property where a collapsed condominium tower once stood will be used to pay property taxes of the destroyed units. Miami-Dade Circuit Judge Michael Hanzman said in a brief ruling Monday that the 2022 tax payments should not come from the $96 million previously earmarked to compensate owners of the 136...

NBC 6’s Jessica Vallejo has more on the emotional moments over one year after the collapse.

The pain still persists for loved ones of the Surfside condo collapse victims. NBC 6’s Ari Odzer has more on the town’s memorial event a year after the tragedy

NBC 6’s Ari Odzer speaks with families of victims about their heartbreak and loss following the collapse one year ago.

NBC 6’s Willard Shephard gives a glimpse into first responders’ heroic and heartbreaking experiences at the scene of the Surfside condo collapse

A year after a man lost his grandparents in the Surfside condo collapse, he’s keeping their memory alive and honoring everything they did for his family. Gonzalo and Maria Torre were two of the 98 victims of the June 24, 2021 collapse of the Champlain Towers South. “When I go back and when my grandparents talked to me about their…

Gonzalo and Maria Torre were two of the 98 victims of the June 24, 2021 collapse of the Champlain Towers South.

First Lady Jill Biden speaks at the memorial service for the Surfside victims to mark one year since the collapse.

A year after 98 people were killed in the Surfside condominium collapse, family members and the community honored those lost in the tragedy at a memorial service Friday.

Less than a year after the Surfside condo collapse, a Miami Dade judge has ruled the settlement to be fair, reasonable and adequate, as NBC 6’s Tony Pipitone reports.

A judge has given final approval to a settlement of more than $1 billion for victims of the collapse of a Florida beachfront condominium. Ninety-eight people died when the 12-story Champlain Towers South suddenly collapsed. It was one of the deadliest building failures in U.S. history. The decision by Miami-Dade Circuit Judge Michael Hanzman on Thursday comes one day before...

At Trails and Tails park in Doral, Nicole “Nicky” Langesfeld used to run and walk dogs with her younger brother. They grew up down the street, and now the street is named for her. Doral city officials and family members held a ceremony Wednesday to rename a stretch of Northwest 114th Avenue “Nicky Langesfeld Place” to honor the victim of…

NBC 6’s Julia Bagg has the latest on a street that was renamed by the City of Doral to honor Nicole “Nicky” Langesfeld, a victim of the Surfside condo collapse.

In the coming years, major changes will take effect when it comes to condo rules and regulations. Many local governments and Florida lawmakers made major changes after 98 people died in the Surfside collapse of Champlain Towers South condo building. When Martin Langesfeld visits the site of the collapse and walks around the makeshift memorial he thinks of his older…

NBC 6’s Phil Prazan looks into the changes state and local lawmakers have made on condo rules and regulations since the Champlain Towers South collapsed in June 2021.

One year later, Florida Task Force 1 members say they will never forget responding to the condo collapse in Surfside. NBC 6’s Willard Shepard reports

Attorneys who worked to secure settlements topping $1 billion in the collapse of a beachfront Florida condominium building in which 98 people died are requesting about $100 million in fees and costs. A court filing made public Monday says the request represents a discount of as much as $200 million compared with typical class-action cases. The final amount of fees...