Maya Washburn / Asst. News Director Four months after the Surfside condominium collapse, FIU commemorated the lives lost by the tragedy with a memorial at the Graham Center (GC) Ballrooms. “We understand that life is short,” said FIU President Mark Rosenberg on Thursday, Oct. 14, at the event. “We have to somehow find it in […]
Diego Diaz / Assistant News Director September 11th, 2001, the day that changed the course of American history. A day which marks the loss of 2,977 American citizens, all of whom thought they would be returning home to their loved ones following the end of their shift. “Anybody who went to a hospital on 9/11 […]
Maya Washburn / Asst. News Director FIU alumnus Andres Levine, 26, was recovered on July 11 as a victim of the Surfside building collapse. He was found among the rubble alongside Moises Rodan, his cousin and University of Florida alumnus, in unit 403, as reported by The Alligator. Levine was described as “a quiet, straight-shooting […]
Maya Washburn / Asst. News Director As the seventh day of search and rescue efforts continues, the death toll from the building collapse tragedy at Surfside has risen. 16 people are confirmed dead and 149 are still missing. Officials are not ready to shift their efforts from rescue to recovery. “You’ve got to have hope […]
Maya Washburn / Asst. News Director An FIU professor found that the ground underneath the Champlain Towers South condominium was sinking in a study he published a year ago. The number of missing, wounded and dead from the building collapse in Surfside has risen overnight. 120 people are accounted for, 159 are missing and four […]
Maya Washburn / Asst. News Director Part of a condominium building collapsed this morning around 1:30 a.m. in Surfside in North Miami, leaving some residents missing and others fighting for their lives. FIU President Mark B. Rosenberg tweeted out a statement addressing the tragedy at Champlain Towers South Condo, completed in 1981 with 130 units […]
