Crews nearly done drilling for Florida condo demolition

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Demolition specialists carefully bored holes on Sunday (Jul 4) to insert explosive charges into the precarious, still-standing portion of a ...

An American flag flies from a crane next to the Champlain Towers South condo building, where scores of victims remain missing more than a week after it partially collapsed on Jul 4, 2021, in Surfside, Florida. SURFSIDE, Florida: Demolition specialists carefully bored holes on Sunday to insert explosive charges into the precarious,of a collapsed South Florida condo building that will come down to open up new areas for rescue teams to search.

The search-and-rescue mission at the Surfside building was suspended Saturday afternoon so workers could begin the boring work. Jadallah said the suspension was a necessary safety measure because the drilling could cause the structure to fail, but a family member could be heard calling that news “devastating".

Evalyn Fregene holds a bouquet of flowers as she pays her respects at a makeshift memorial near the Champlain Towers South condo building, where scores of victims remain missing more than a week after it partially collapsed on Jul 3, 2021, in Surfside, Florida. Officials began considering the demolition at Champlain Towers on Thursday when parts of the remaining building shifted, endangering rescuers and prompting a 15-hour suspension in their work.

 

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