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Long road to healing: Surfside marks 2 years since devastating condo collapse

Long road to healing: Surfside marks 2 years since devastating condo collapse

MIAMI — Martin Langesfeld said his older sister Nicky’s “happy place” was the beach. That’s why she moved to a beachfront condo in Surfside. This weekend, he and his family will go to the beach in her memory. The Langesfelds will commemorate the two-year anniversary of the Champlain Towers South collapse along with the families and loved ones of the nearly 100 people who died. Nicky Langesfeld was 26, an attorney who loved animals and someone who her brother “looked up to in everything.” She and her husband Luis Sadovnic both died when their portion of the condominium building collapsed at 1:2......
Judge rejects ‘false’ damage claims from Texas church, hundreds of others in Surfside case

Judge rejects ‘false’ damage claims from Texas church, hundreds of others in Surfside case

MIAMI — Last month, a self-described Texas minister claimed members of his church owned six units at the Surfside condominium building that collapsed and that they had died in the tragedy. He wanted to collect $3.1 million in damages for their loss. But the pastor of Baptist Faith Church in Dallas didn’t even show up for a critical Miami-Dade court hearing Wednesday on his claim, noting he could not attend because he “underwent life-threatening surgery.” “He’s on life support,” a church representative emailed a court-appointed attorney, who has been coordinating the damage claims for the Champ......