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Coast Guard boats patrol in front of the partially collapsed Champlain Towers South condo building in Surfside, Fla on July 1, 2021. Residents of the Miami Beach building on the same street where a condominium collapse killed nearly 100 people were forced to evacuate on Thursday evening, Oct. 27, 2022, after officials determined the structure was unsafe and gave orders to leave. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey, File)

America’s high-rise crisis: A call to action on structural integrity

By Greg Batista

Rescue personnel work in the rubble at the Champlain Towers South Condo, Friday, June 25, 2021, in Surfside, Fla. Seven months after an oceanfront condominium collapsed and killed 98 people near Miami, temporary structural supports have been added to areas in the underground garage of its sister tower. The Champlain Towers North condo board said in a Jan. 19, 2022, letter to unit owners that the shorting was done “in an abundance of caution” as part of an ongoing inspection by a structural engineer.(AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)

Surfside condo’s sister building gets structural supports

Associated Press

Crews work in the rubble of the Champlain Towers South building, as removal and recovery work continues at the site of the partially collapsed condo building, Tuesday, July 13, 2021, in Surfside, Fla. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

Surfside condo collapse: Officials investigating identity theft targeting ‘multiple’ victims

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

A worker waits to load his truck with debris from the rubble of the Champlain Towers South building, as removal and recovery work continues at the site of the partially collapsed condo building, Wednesday, July 14, 2021, in Surfside, Fla. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

Judge: All options on table for site of collapsed building

Associated Press

A search and rescue team members dig through the rubble of the Champlain Towers South condo, Wednesday, July 7, 2021. (Al Diaz/Miami Herald via AP)

Search at collapse site revives memories of past tragedies

By Bobby Caina Calvan - Associated Press

In this July 1, 2021, file photo President Joe Biden, right, looks at Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, left, during a briefing with first responders and local officials in Miami on the condo tower that collapsed in Surfside, Fla. As he prepares for a reelection bid next year that could propel him into a presidential campaign, the tragedy in Surfside is exposing voters to a different side of DeSantis. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

DeSantis parts with Trump in response to Surfside tragedy

By Bobby Caina Calvan and Steven Sloan - Associated Press

Rubble and debris of the Champlain Towers South condo can be seen Tuesday, July 6, 2021 in Surfside, Fla. Officials overseeing the search at the site of the Florida condominium collapse seem increasingly somber about the prospects for finding anyone alive. They said Tuesday that crews have detected no new signs of life in the rubble nearly two weeks after the disaster struck at the Champlain Towers South building in Surfside. (Carl Juste/Miami Herald via AP)

10 more bodies recovered; emotional toll of collapse mounts

By Terry Spencer and Adriana Gomez Licon - Associated Press

Rubble and debris of the Champlain Towers South condo can be seen Tuesday, July 6, 2021 in Surfside, Fla. Officials overseeing the search at the site of the Florida condominium collapse seem increasingly somber about the prospects for finding anyone alive. They said Tuesday that crews have detected no new signs of life in the rubble nearly two weeks after the disaster struck at the Champlain Towers South building in Surfside. (Carl Juste/Miami Herald via AP)

8 more dead pulled from rubble of collapsed Florida condo

By Terry Spencer - Associated Press

The remaining structure of the Champlain Towers South condo building is demolished more than a week after it partially collapsed, late Sunday, July 4, 2021, in Surfside, Fla. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

Search back on after rest of South Florida condo demolished

By Rebecca Santana and Bobby Caina Calvan - Associated Press

The damaged remaining structure at the Champlain Towers South condo building collapses in a controlled demolition, Sunday, July 4, 2021, in Surfside, Fla. The decision to demolish the Surfside building came after concerns mounted that the damaged structure was at risk of falling, endangering the crews below and preventing them from operating in some areas.(AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

Explosives bring down rest of collapsed condo building

By Rebecca Santana and Bobby Caina Calvan - Associated Press

Members of the South Florida Urban Search and Rescue team walk near the Champlain Towers South condo building, where scores of victims remain missing more than a week after it partially collapsed, Saturday, July 3, 2021, in Surfside, Fla. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

Demolition crews move in at condo tower amid storm fears

By REBECCA SANTANA and BOBBY CAINA CALVAN Rebecca Santana and Bobby Caina Calvan - Associated Press

Workers peer up at the rubble pile at the partially collapsed Champlain Towers South condo building, on Thursday, July 1, 2021, in Surfside, Fla. Search and rescue workers, who have had to contend with summer rainstorms, fires within the debris, and the threat of collapse from the still standing portion of the building, were not visible atop the rubble on Thursday morning, as scores of people remain missing one week after the collapse.(AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)

Tally of missing in condo collapse falls to 128 after audit

By Russ Bynum and Terry Spencer - Associated Press

Rescue workers search in the rubble at the Champlain Towers South condominium, Monday, June 28, 2021, in the Surfside area of Miami. Many people are still unaccounted for after the building partially collapsed last Thursday. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

Despite warning, Florida town deemed condo building in ‘good shape’

By Curt Anderson - Associated Press

Mike Noriega shows a birthday card, Saturday, June 26, 2021, in Surfside, Fla., relatives sent to his grandmother, Hilda Noriega, two weeks ago for her 92nd birthday. Hilda Noriega lives on the sixth floor of the Miami building that collapsed. (AP Photo/Joshua Goodman)

‘Message in the mess’: Family finds hope as search continues

By Joshua Goodman and Russ Bynum - Associated Press

In this photo provided on June 25, 2021 by Ricard Luna of his sister Lady Luna Villalba, a nanny employed by the sister of Paraguay's first lady Silvana Lopez Moreira, poses for a selfie on Jan. 1, 2021 in Eugenio Garay Paraguay. (Courtesy of Ricard Luna via AP Photo)

Victims in Miami condo collapse came from around the world

By Regina Garcia Cano and Roxana Hegeman and Jocelyn Gecker - Associated Press

Rescue workers search in the rubble at the Champlain Towers South Condo, Saturday, June 26, 2021, in Surfside, Fla. The apartment building partially collapsed on Thursday. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Report showed ‘major’ damage before Florida condo collapse

By Curt Anderson and Bernard Condon - Associated Press

South Florida Urban Search and Rescue team look for survivors at the 12-story oceanfront condo, Champlain Towers South on Saturday, June 26, 2021 that partially collapsed early Thursday morning in the Surfside area of Miami. (Al Diaz/Miami Herald via AP)

‘Deep fire’ slowing rescue effort at collapsed Florida condo

By RUSS BYNUM and FREIDA FRISARO - Associated Press

Rescue workers work in the rubble at the Champlain Towers South Condo is seen, Friday, June 25, 2021, in Surfside. The apartment building partially collapsed on Thursday. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Death toll in Florida building collapse rises to 4; 159 remain missing

By Terry Spencer and Adriana Gomez Licon - Associated Press

Rescue workers walk beside the rubble as rescue efforts continue where a wing of a 12-story beachfront condo building collapsed, Thursday, June 24, 2021, in the Surfside area of Miami.(AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Wing of Miami-area condo collapses; many feared dead as search and rescue continues

By Wilfredo Lee, Terry Spencer and David Fischer - Associated Press