As the search through the rubble enters day 6, there is new information about warning signs in the years and even the days before the collapse. The Miami Herald spoke with a contractor, who chose not to be named, who says he saw “cracking concrete and severely corroded rebar under the pool.” He noted that, “There was standing water all over the parking garage.”
A pool contractor told me he saw something alarming at Champlain Towers just two days before the collapse. He took pictures.
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Two days before condo collapse, a pool contractor photographed this damage in garage https://t.co/7SMuB9hdbN
— Sarah Blaskey 🏝 (@Blaskey_S) June 28, 2021
The Wall Street Journal also obtained a letter from the president of the Champlain South Towers condo association that informed “residents in April their building was in desperate disrepair and urged them to pay the $15 million in assessments needed to fix structural problems.”
.@JohnBerman: "CNN has just obtained a letter sent to residents in April of this year. The Champlain Towers South board president wrote, 'The observable damage such as in the garage has gotten significantly worse since the initial inspection in 2018…'" pic.twitter.com/ZvlA7KPUQm
— The Recount (@therecount) June 29, 2021
Now the focus is also on making sure other buildings in the area don’t have similar issues.
Our initial inventory revealed 14 buildings in unincorporated Dade that meet this criteria & are under enforcement, as well as 10 that recently began the recertification process. We’ll be immediately reviewing any concerns with each building to address any outstanding issues.
— Daniella Levine Cava (@MayorDaniella) June 28, 2021
The death toll currently stands at 12, with 149 people still missing. The CBS affiliate in Miami has the latest on the victims and the search above.
