FIU community gathers to observe fifth anniversary of bridge collapse
Alexander Luzula | Staff Writer Students, faculty, administration and community members gathered March 15 to observe the fifth anniversary of the fatal 8th Street bridge…
FIU Bridge Collapse
FIU Unveils Statue of Bridge Collapse Victim on Campus
Kelly Diaz-Rios and Maya Washburn / PantherNOW Staff Four years after the FIU pedestrian bridge collapse, the university unveiled a statue in honor of an…
Final Settlement Marks the End of FIU Bridge Collapse Litigation
Diego Diaz / Asst. News Director After nearly two years of litigation, the family of one of six people killed in the 2018 FIU bridge…
DUELING COLUMN: Let’s Build the FIU Bridge and Move Forward
Denitsa Raichkova/Contributing Writer Building bridges is the theme of 2021. This statement might not hold true in the political and social arenas. It can, however,…
DUELING COLUMN: FIU Bridge Reconstruction Is Too Soon
Humberto Mendez Prince/Staff Writer It has been almost three years after the FIU bridge tragedy, a project that would connect the residents of adjacent neighborhoods…
FIU Bridge Engineering Consultant Was Not Qualified According to NTSB
Gerard Albert III and Joshua Ceballos/PantherNOW Staff An engineering company contracted to independently review the FIU bridge was never qualified to do so, according to…
Officials Remain Tight Lipped on New Bridge Investigation
Joshua Ceballos/Staff Writer Just a few days before students got back to another semester of staring at the remains of the infamous FIU bridge, five…
Cracks in University pedestrian bridge larger than previously disclosed
Cracks that appeared in the University’s pedestrian bridge days before it collapsed were larger than previously disclosed, according to photos released by the National Transportation Safety Board on Thursday, Aug. 9, as part of an investigative update.
Lawsuits filed against FIU Bridge design team, citing negligence
Following the pedestrian bridge collapse that killed six people on Thursday, March 15, two parties are suing the design team involved in the construction of the bridge.
Looking back: Collapsed bridge almost decade of work
The “Worlds Ahead” pedestrian bridge crossing SW 8th St. and 109th Ave. collapsed five days after it was “swung” into place, leaving tragedy and questions in the wake of a project that had been in the works for almost a decade.
