Month: June 2021

By Christina Maxouris, CNN Magaly “Maggie” Ramsey said she didn’t get to hold her father or say her final goodbyes before he died from Covid-19 in August. Now, she fears she may have also lost the chance to say goodbye to her mother, who is one of the dozens missing in the wake of the

CNN’s Wolf Blitzer talks with Magaly “Maggie” Ramsey, whose mother is missing in the condominium collapse in Surfside, Florida.

By Lauren M. Johnson, CNN An 88-year old survivor of the condo collapse in Surfside, Florida, credits her neighbors for helping her escape as the building fell to the ground. Esther Gorfinkel told CNN affiliate WPLG that she had been living in Champlain Towers for over 40 years when her fifth floor apartment began to

By Madeline Holcombe and Cheri Mossburg, CNN A California couple has been fined for digging up and burying dozens of protected Joshua trees to make room for a home they were building, officials said. Jeffrey Walter and Jonetta Nordberg-Walter, residents of San Bernardino County, have been ordered to pay $18,000 as part of a diversion

By Theresa Waldrop For a sixth day, search and rescue crews made their way meticulously through piles of rubble after the condo collapse in Surfside, Florida, hoping to find more survivors. As of Tuesday evening, at least 12 people are dead and 149 people are unaccounted, officials said. “We’re moving debris piece by piece and