Surfside condo collapse

How Israel's experience with search and rescue can help Turkey - explainer

One of the reasons that Israel is equipped to help in these disaster situations is due to its own long experience having to deal with threats of conflict and natural disasters.

|BySETH J. FRANTZMAN
Israeli Home Front Command soldiers take part in a defence drill simulating a building collapse in the northern Israeli city of Tzfat, September 7, 2020.
THE WRITER assists a distraught family member following the Surfside disaster.

Surfside collapse: One year later - opinion

I felt honored to be able to accompany many of them on their own journey through the process, and I hope and pray that I succeeded in helping and alleviating some of their grief.

|ByJENNIFER MALTZ
IDF soldiers are seen aiding in the search and rescue operation in Florida following the collapse of a building in Surfside.

Surfside victims to be honored on collapse anniversary

IDF Maj. Ori Gordin, who helped oversee the search-and-rescue efforts at the site a year ago, is expected to speak at Friday's event.

|ByHALEY COHEN
Col. Golan Vach, commander of the IDF Home Front Command’s National Search and Rescue Unit, at a Florida disaster site.

Surfside building collapse victims reach $1 billion settlement

The 12-story Champlain Towers in Surfside abruptly fell on June 24, 2021, killing 98 people. It's been called one of the deadliest accidental building collapses in US history.

|ByREUTERS

Miami building collapse: Death toll rises to 36

A total of 109 people remained missing 12 days after roughly half of the 12-story Champlain Towers South building came tumbling down early in the morning on June 24.

JULY 11, 2021ByREUTERS
Emergency workers conduct search and rescue efforts at the site of a partially collapsed residential building in Surfside, near Miami Beach, Florida

Florida searchers tell families there are no survivors, report says

As of Thursday, the death toll stood at 64, with 76 people unaccounted for • Chabad-Lubavitch has estimated that about 40 of the dead and missing are Jewish

JULY 11, 2021ByREUTERS, RON KAMPEAS/JTA
A man mourns at a memorial site created by neighbors in front of a partially collapsed residential building as the emergency crews continue the search and rescue operations for survivors, in Surfside, Florida, US. July 3, 2021

Israeli expertise brings closure to Surfside disaster in matter of days

Innovative technologies, methodologies speed up recovery efforts while staving off psychological damage to victims’ families, search teams

JULY 11, 2021ByFELICE FRIEDSON/THE MEDIA LINE, STEVEN GANOT/THE MEDIA LINE, MAYA MARGIT/THE MEDIA LINE
United Hatzalah's Psychotrauma and Crisis Response Unit at the Surfside disaster site.