FL Condo Collapse Leaves Up To 99 People Unaccounted For, Police Say

Watch as smoke envelopes a collapsed condo in Surfside, Florida. The Miami-Dade County Police Director confirms there are up to 99 individuals unaccounted for. 

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[TheSportsPROgram]

Getting buried is got to be one of the most scary things that could happen to anyone sad.

[jimbojaime]

Infrastructure anyone? Builders getting around construction codes? There was no earthquake. Was there a gas-line disruption or a sinkhole that caused the collapse? This is completely unacceptable!

[stephenwedderburn]

These buildings are supposed to be hurricane proof, it's very suspicious that no tectonic movement was felt or an explosion was heard prior to the collapse, so there has to be a prompt investigation into why this has happened. I hope more people are found alive. Earthquake victims have been found days after collapses. Sympathies to the families of those who have sadly died.

[doctorstrangelove]

Shady construction? I wouldn’t be surprised. When you see how fast some of these buildings are built you sometimes wonder.

[neggylydejesus]

A building built to withstand hurricanes surely doesn't collapse like that. Something significant must have caused it. So, unless it was a bomb, or the bldg had had flawed engineering and/or materials, but its hard to process ‘cause I thought this only happened in 3rd world countries.

[mimibigdy]

Anti-infrastructure development, anti- science and anti-investment equal old Soviet Union. Very sad for America and the missing individuals.

[miamiwax]

I'm sure the contractor was a friend of a friend of a friend 🙄

[jacintarooke]

So so shocking, god I hope they find many many more alive, what a terrible accident, it's mind blowing, praying for you all 🙏🙏🙏 from Australia

[rickromero]

Let us all say a prayer for everyone affected by this horrible tragedy.🙏

[layparisss]

Please drop the name of the company that built this building. I don’t want to live in any of their structures when I move to Miami

[yeracmitchell]

This is horrible. Oh Lord, please reveal where those 99 are

[WTH]

Are we seeing a sinkhole like effect where the ground under the building has lost some structural integrity due to water table depletion? If so, will there be more incidents like this to come?

[TwstedTV]

Several CCTV cameras around the area caught the whole thing.
A complete large L-Shape of the building collapsed which had lots of apartments. If you look at Google maps, you can see the actual original size of the building.
And compare it to whats left now and you will notice the amount of building that collapsed. Its Half a building that's gone, NOT a small portion. Its Half a building gone.

[Bauks]

This is what happens if you cheat in engineering class.

[theanimalsmagicshop]

A healing prayer sent to the victims and the rescue crews

[michaellowe]

Just terrible. All we can do is pray those still alive are rescued

[ryant]

If its a sinkhole, even the best materials are going down.

[DDozer]

Man Florida sounds like a bad state to live in.

[seanbaker]

There is a general contractor and code enforcer out there fleeing to another country right now.

[everettmenard]

The title says 99 people unaccounted for yet the news guy says 50 at the same time what is it?