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2 years after Surfside condo collapse: ‘We haven’t recovered. Don’t forget about us’
Three bunches of flowers at a memorial across the street from the site of Champlain Towers South in Surfside, Fla., on Thursday, June 22, 2023. - Jose A. Iglesias/Miami Herald/TNS

2 years after Surfside condo collapse: ‘We haven’t recovered. Don’t forget about us’

MIAMI — In the two years since his family’s condominium was destroyed in the collapse of Champlain Towers South, Gabe Nir has moved 10 times. He has been unable to find a new home, and, worse, he cannot find peace. Nir, 27, was one of only four people living in the Surfside condo who escaped before their section of the building fell. Three others were rescued from the rubble. When the 12-story tower came down at 1:22 a.m. on June 24, 2021, likely as a result of 40-year-old design and construction flaws, 98 people ranging in age from 2 to 92 died. Nir, his mother and his sister ran for their li...

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