A vertical neighborhood: Floor-by-floor look at the lives lost by Florida condo collapse
A woman in New York spends hours on the phone with her lifelong soul sister in Florida, then bids her goodnight. When she wakes up, televised scenes of a horrific condo collapse include her friend’s penthouse, sheared in half.
A college student flies south with her boyfriend to attend a funeral with extended family. All five vanish. One floor up is a family of four, including two young girls. They fall asleep to the sound of the surf they love so much, never to wake. Just above them lives a couple married a half-century who friends say want to die together one day. They do.
For 40 years, the concrete, steel and glass of Champlain Towers South served as a vertical neighborhood to a wide array of nationalities, religions and ages. It took only 10 seconds for it to become their tomb. Day after day, the personal stories of those who perished unfold. Walk with us floor by floor to meet these residents through words and photographs that train a spotlight on their rich and varied lives.
Penthouse floor
Lawyer Linda March left New York for sunny Surfside after a battle with COVID-19 but was looking to leave her rented condo due to concerns about noise and its foundation; structural engineer and lifelong bachelor Simon “Simoncito” Segal had an easy smile and was always quick with a joke.
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