NIST is the fact-finding agency responsible for investigating building collapses such as the World Trade Center, much like the NTSB investigates plane crashes,” Rundle said in a statement. “Engineers from the federal agency National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) were deployed to Surfside with Congressional authority to gather evidence and determine how and why the Champlain South Tower collapsed.
Since then, he eliminated some but added five or six more, he said, but won’t be able to narrow it down while the search continues.įlorida State Attorney Katherine Fernandez Rundle has acknowledged “multiple requests by engineers and attorneys” to gain access to the site. The first night that he was on the scene, Kilsheimer, who also investigated the aftermath of the 9/11 attack on the Pentagon, said he had about 20 or 30 theories of possible triggers.
Investigation into the Surfside condo building collapse won't begin while the site remains a crime scene, expert says
Task force members working at the residential building collapse site in Miami-Dade County, Florida are seen in this photo released by the Miami-Dade Fire Rescue on July 10. Until we clear the entire site and find no more human remains we are not done.”Īll that is left are a handful of scattered concrete stumps in the imprint of the building. “Does that mean we are almost done with the search? No. “On the original collapse site, we are almost at the bottom,” Miami-Dade Police spokesperson Alvaro Zabaleta told CNN last week. Officials promised families that the search would not end until every loved one was recovered. “We are continuing to search with enormous care and diligence and to work closely hand-in-hand with faith leaders as we have since the beginning of this process,” Levine Cava added.Įven as time went on and the possibility of finding survivors diminished, crews on the ground remained dedicated to the arduous task of combing through the rubble, pausing only for dangerous weather and when the remains of the building were demolished. “The first responders are now conducting additional searches of the debris at the collection site, as we continue to do everything we can to search as thoroughly as possible for any remains to bring closure to families,” the mayor said. State Senator Jason Pizzo shared new photos of the Champlain Towers South collapse site on Tuesday.
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