MIAMI CONDO COLLAPSE | visualization of the evidence pt2

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  • čas přidán 25. 07. 2021
  • This video takes a more detailed look at the collapse of Champlain Towers South condominium building in Surfside, Miami. The 3D modeling is based on the 1979/80 Structural and Architectural drawings made available by the town of Surfside. Using video, eyewitness and photos evidence available so far, I have animated and simulated what happened here as accurately as the clues will inform. I have stabilized the eyewitness video footage for maximum clarity.
    I am an Architect with a career in designing and constructing buildings including experience in the USA. I caution that its still too early to know why it collapsed. This reasons for failure are only a suggestion. My analysis has been arrived at from discussions with structural engineers.
    Video credit: FIUEEEE the garage ceiling 1 year earlier. • Champlain Tower South ...
    TikTok video by Andrianita Castillero vm.tiktok.com/ZSJtpJPyf/
    Resources:
    Surfside Public Records - Champlain Towers S surfside.one/public-records-s...
    For a timeline of Witness Statements docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...
    Where condo victims were located whatsnew2day.com/where-miami-...
    Animated in Blender
    Music by Borrtex. Tracks: Snowflake, There is always a reason, Changing
    Narration by Matthew Bell
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  • @1973funluvingirl
    @1973funluvingirl Před 2 lety +813

    Singularly the best representation. Taking on board witness statements and events for a full overlay of timeline. Definitely those ground floor units were key witnesses to either longer term issues (cracking issues) and the events of the night. My heart goes out to the little girl who experienced her bathroom ceiling cracking and had the foresight go grab sibling and run to mum at reception desk. Excellent work.

    • @soundmiami
      @soundmiami Před 2 lety +4

      I agree but they have been building on the beach here since the 20’s and with a lot sketchier construction techniques than Champlain (they used to wash the beach sand to make the concrete! ) and nothing like this has ever happened without years of visible warning. The corrosion and spalling in key components become evident long before failure. While this building knew it had problems, it’s hardly unique as an association not being on top of it’s waterproofing. And that’s the scary part about living on the beach in older buildings now…not knowing if is this the Canary in the mine shaft or a one-off event with a yet unknown trigger.
      Unlike 911, experts deconstructing what failed in due time, here is a huge safety and financial incentive for urgency.

    • @rahla53
      @rahla53 Před 2 lety +7

      Oh, I did not hear that story about the girl in the bathroom, wow- :>(

    • @ANOTHER_DAYY
      @ANOTHER_DAYY Před 2 lety +2

      Someone said it was a sinkhole that was causing this cracks and collapse overtime. This is sad.

    • @maud2739
      @maud2739 Před 2 lety +1

      If you check the timeline up in the Notes, you will get an accurate understanding of what the collapse survivors saw, heard, and experienced. For example, no one on the first floor reported a crack in the ceiling but rather a loud crash that sounded to them like a wall falling down. The occupant of 611 saw a crack forming in her living room and evacuated in time to survive.

    • @AyeCarumba221
      @AyeCarumba221 Před rokem +4

      I had not seen this simulation until A year after it was posted. Excellent graphic display on the chronology of events.

  • @sanseverything900
    @sanseverything900 Před 2 lety +914

    Makes you wonder who else heard the 'loud construction noises' minutes before the fatal collapse but didn't get the chance to escape in time. So tragic.

    • @straighttalksucks5161
      @straighttalksucks5161 Před 2 lety +35

      They seemed to have chosen to stay because they where used to it

    • @reviewiaid6432
      @reviewiaid6432 Před 2 lety +67

      there are empty 911 call assumed coming from someone in the buildings. There were also calls from a wife to her husband before it collapsed too. but they didn't know they only had less than 5 mins to get out

    • @surelyyoujokemeinfailure7531
      @surelyyoujokemeinfailure7531 Před 2 lety +85

      I'm just sorry that no one thought to simply yank the fire alarm. There were people telling a security guard, people going door to door knocking, and someone going on the PA (in English and Spanish) telling them to evacuate - but no one simply pulled the fire alarm, as far as we know. Those modern alarms can be heard even by deaf people, that's how obnoxious they are.

    • @MrMJmusicLover
      @MrMJmusicLover Před 2 lety +44

      @@surelyyoujokemeinfailure7531 The fire alarm was pulled......1:16am

    • @michaelmymichael9106
      @michaelmymichael9106 Před 2 lety +92

      @@surelyyoujokemeinfailure7531 In many high rises, residents are told not to evacuate during a fire alarm.
      In one where I lived, they would evacuate the floor of a fire and the floor above it, and everyone else is expected to stay in their units. The reason is two-fold. First, they don’t want to clog the stairwells with evacuees, since firefighters need to use the same stairs to fight the fire. Second, if everyone tries to evacuate at the same time, all the open stairwell doors will create a chimney effect, drawing smoke up from the floor that has the fire - resulting in many residents needlessly suffering from smoke inhalation.
      All of this is based on the idea that high rises are designed to be fireproof. A fire in one unit is expected to affect just that unit, and possibly adjacent units, but that’s it. Once all flammable materials in the first unit have burned, the fire is expected to die from fuel starvation.

  • @Poatatero
    @Poatatero Před 2 lety +734

    I feel terrible for those on the isolated portion that collapsed. It gave just enough time to figure something was wrong before the floor came out from bellow you

    • @mariandown2327
      @mariandown2327 Před 2 lety +126

      @angel are you dumb? What kind of question is that?

    • @bosscascade5566
      @bosscascade5566 Před 2 lety +55

      @@mariandown2327 probably just some troll bot

    • @jltaco85
      @jltaco85 Před 2 lety +31

      @angel What's wrong with crying like a baby?

    • @MrNunya-lp9eo
      @MrNunya-lp9eo Před 2 lety +18

      My thoughts exactly! Must have really sucked.

    • @svasianfilipiname6603
      @svasianfilipiname6603 Před 2 lety +23

      Or the ceiling falling on you. 😞

  • @scottsmith7051
    @scottsmith7051 Před 2 lety +411

    Every building along that coastline needs an absolute fine comb inspection.

    • @chase4671
      @chase4671 Před 2 lety +12

      Ron DeSantis the Republican Governor is blocking inspections for these buildings

    • @Wilkins325
      @Wilkins325 Před 2 lety +67

      @@chase4671 Completely false

    • @indridcold8433
      @indridcold8433 Před 2 lety +70

      @@chase4671 Totally false. The owners are blocking it.

    • @leoverran311
      @leoverran311 Před 2 lety +8

      You know all Republicans want buildings to fall and people to die so that makes complete sense, pretty sure Trump has arranged a couple of his buildings to come down

    • @deantonto1615
      @deantonto1615 Před 2 lety +4

      They have a certain type of x-ray that looks into the concrete. But truth is noone will be honest about the true foundations stability and shortcuts that they took to save money during this project.they can use concrete samples from each building but truth is we can't really tell until it is too late.me personally I think they should have used more rebar and larger bars at that

  • @ralphholiman7401
    @ralphholiman7401 Před 2 lety +1239

    I would imagine that south Florida is full of these ticking time bombs.

    • @logans6619
      @logans6619 Před 2 lety +166

      Thinking the same thing. A lot of cheaply made, aging structures in that climate.

    • @tek1645
      @tek1645 Před 2 lety +24

      Cheap properties for a reason

    • @tek1645
      @tek1645 Před 2 lety +16

      Democrats would save the day!

    • @arielvillalobos5136
      @arielvillalobos5136 Před 2 lety +74

      @Overpowered by Funk. As if California’s and New York governors are any better

    • @socman3988
      @socman3988 Před 2 lety +34

      What do you expect from corrupt Republican officials!!! But I guess they never learn do they !!

  • @karlozlopez8535
    @karlozlopez8535 Před 2 lety +356

    Best video about the disaster better than the other people that have like 10 videos about the same topic but don't explain as well as this one , masterpiece

    • @tbrech8625
      @tbrech8625 Před 2 lety +29

      Agreed, I asked a Florida P.E. who is very familiar with building codes to look at the video. He mentioned that cold joint on the pool deck as being very problematic. He said you had done an excellent analysis. Thank you for such a well done effort.

    • @almacuevas4380
      @almacuevas4380 Před 2 lety

      I saw better explain every little thing even they have the blueprint from that complex

    • @Rhythmicons
      @Rhythmicons Před 2 lety +3

      Building Integrity, hands-down, has the best videos on this subject. For example, I disagree with the author of this video when he said that the collapse came with little warning. They were warned in 2018, they saw the garage every day.

  • @GYT923
    @GYT923 Před 2 lety +260

    I work for a surveying company and my main job with them is to perform dilapidation reports on buildings that surround new development sites. If a new building is about to be built, it's law where I am from that you have to hire a surveying company to investigate and photograph every inch of every surrounding property and record pre-existing damage in case ground works from the new site cause vibrations which in turn cause any damage, I will be the one who will have recorded whether the damage caused was pre-existing or caused by the new development.... So needless to say, I've seen every inch of hundreds of parking garages, staircases, and the internals of every apartment in those buildings over the last few years.... And I've seen waaayyyyy worse than the water damage in the video from a year before the collapse. It's scary to know this is probably going to become more common as buildings progressively get taller and fancier, but completed with shortcuts and cheap materials to build them faster and for less. They look all nice and fancy when they're completed but after 15-20 years, they'll look like they're 70-80 years old in terms of depreciation and damaged caused by a mixture of poor designs and shoddy builders/developers. I've seen entire support columns of high rises cracking with efflorescence caused by leaking pools on the ground level. Entire slabs cracked in two, with cracks large enough I can see the warped re-enforced steel inside it. Sagging cement that separates the ground floor from the basement... among other things. We always inform the building managers, body corporates and councils when we find damage to areas that could put the structural integrity of the building at risk one day, but it's always shrugged off. No one seems to care until the worst case scenario happens.
    With some of the things I've seen, I'd never live in an apartment block taller than a few stories.

    • @maud2739
      @maud2739 Před 2 lety +17

      Very good advice.

    • @may7993
      @may7993 Před 2 lety +27

      Holy sh**!!!! Your comment will undoubtedly haunt me for life now, but I’m glad I read it. Thank you 🙏🏻

    • @trippybruh1592
      @trippybruh1592 Před 2 lety +10

      Thanks for your insight I'll take your word for it and stick with houses, thanks.

    • @retinaquester
      @retinaquester Před 2 lety +14

      I have no building construction experience, but from looking to the spikes, (You refer to as colums). On first sight they seem very small for such a heavy construction.

    • @jamelao123
      @jamelao123 Před 2 lety +1

      Hello! Can you help with that: can you tell me if it is possible to say it is safe to stay living in an apartment with some "scars" on the wall and on the ceiling, just by giving a glance at them? =/

  • @dratelectasis
    @dratelectasis Před 2 lety +71

    I live a mile away from this building. I remember being awake that night and hearing a LOUD ass noise that sounded like an explosion. Heartbreaking for all of us in the Miami area

    • @ohnemar4285
      @ohnemar4285 Před 2 lety +1

      Who was living there who knew something he shouldn't know?

    • @babalon1919
      @babalon1919 Před 2 lety

      Should be a sobering warning, too.
      Or, iow...gtfo!

    • @MrDino-hp7fy
      @MrDino-hp7fy Před 3 měsíci

      ​@@ohnemar4285nobody

  • @ZenkaiAnkoku2
    @ZenkaiAnkoku2 Před 2 lety +426

    I appreciate how you represented this disaster. No fanfair or exciting theories. Just the most likely scenario presented in a respectful way. With quality animations, explanations, and narration.

    • @scottpodgorski4102
      @scottpodgorski4102 Před 2 lety +2

      It's a lie. I have video that shows the explosions . This was brought down purposely.

    • @ZenkaiAnkoku2
      @ZenkaiAnkoku2 Před 2 lety +15

      @@scottpodgorski4102 Can we see it?

    • @CessnaPilot99
      @CessnaPilot99 Před 2 lety +5

      @@scottpodgorski4102 you poor poor person. You must be tormented inside. Please get the help you need. It's not too late Scott

    • @danielbenitez6985
      @danielbenitez6985 Před 2 lety

      Thank you, captain obvious

    • @judithrivera3385
      @judithrivera3385 Před 2 lety +3

      @@scottpodgorski4102 thank you. I believe you and you are smart enough.

  • @mandoreforger6999
    @mandoreforger6999 Před 2 lety +386

    The narration is mesmerizing and haunting in a way. Very appropriate.

  • @SAMUGOPOO
    @SAMUGOPOO Před 2 lety +325

    Couldn't imagine waking up in the last part that collapsed, just laying in your bed while the building sways from side to side, then boom collapse. What a horrible way to go out. RIP 🙏

    • @Animalwon
      @Animalwon Před 2 lety +6

      Strange you brought it up but according to TV news reports most of the victims (remains) were found in bed. Basically they were crushed to death in their sleep.

    • @LakeNipissing
      @LakeNipissing Před 2 lety +19

      @@Animalwon When the security camera video was reviewed frame by frame on another CZcams channel, it was evident some residents in those apartments woke up because lights turned on in two or three apartments for a few seconds and then the entire thing came down. Absolutely horrific.

    • @DaftPunkSkittle
      @DaftPunkSkittle Před 2 lety +1

      @@LakeNipissing can you link it or tell me the name of the youtuber

    • @LakeNipissing
      @LakeNipissing Před 2 lety +3

      @@DaftPunkSkittle JeffOstroff ... he did a frame by frame analysis of the security camera view of the collapse from the adjacent building, the tourist video of the parking garage collapse and the "Ring Camera" recording from apartment 711. The lights are seen turning on in some of the windows seconds before the east side of the structure collapsed... very disturbing to watch... I wouldn't go out of the way to find the video.

    • @DaftPunkSkittle
      @DaftPunkSkittle Před 2 lety +1

      @@LakeNipissing I looked for it myself and I stumble upon that youtube channel but I didnt find that video, it has of 30 min videos regarding the topic. Saw the ring camera one but I didnt see any part where the lights are turning on

  • @frankj.vargasjr.3541
    @frankj.vargasjr.3541 Před 2 lety +21

    I practiced architecture for 35 and have considerable experience in concrete and steel construction, having worked in many projects designing structural solutions in concert with structural, mechanical, and civil engineers. I have not heard yet any comments to this effect, but if the video is correct (and I've seen this before on another video), it is inconceivable to me that the structure for the pool deck was connected directly to the structural columns of the building. Those should have been designed as two separate structural systems from day one. In the underground garage there would have been two sets of columns side by side along the outline of the building above. Two different structures, with different loads, and different horizontal and vertical forces. I would have never, ever, designed anything like that, nor would I have approved such a design if presented to me. I hope to hear about this from those investigating the cause for the collapse.

    • @glenembrey1187
      @glenembrey1187 Před 2 lety +3

      I'm no engineer but I agree.. have seen a few videos on this collapse and cannot understand how the pool deck used the same columns along the deck side as the actual tower itself. How did this ever get approved and built? Makes no sense to me. I have been in a few high rises with decks above garages, etc. and I have seen columns side by side, 1 for the building and the other for the deck. Completely separate supports. I recently watched a video of the other Champlain tower where they are adding supports in the garage until repairs can be done. It looks as if the north tower is built exactly the same way. I would be hi-tailing it out of there if I was a resident for sure. I wonder if we will ever know what the actual cause of this collapse was. In this day and age things like this just should not happen.

    • @designstudio8013
      @designstudio8013 Před rokem +4

      @@glenembrey1187 Approved because of building dept. corruption and ineptitude.

  • @mchapman132
    @mchapman132 Před 2 lety +764

    Those who were awake probably said “what the hell is that?” Sadly, not enough time to process the noise and escape.

    • @booaks2980
      @booaks2980 Před 2 lety +26

      Same as 9/11

    • @petero2693
      @petero2693 Před 2 lety +6

      No they thought...sheet we should hold have paid the dues to fix the building... ahhhhhhhhh...

    • @mchapman132
      @mchapman132 Před 2 lety +71

      @@booaks2980
      I’m a New Yorker, our family lost a few people were knew on 9-11. No trace of them was ever found. Horrible. For the first several years, we’d agonize on what their final moments were…was it quick, did they suffer? It’s a heartache. It can drive you crazy.
      I pray for the families in this tragedy to find peace.

    • @louern123
      @louern123 Před 2 lety +7

      @@mchapman132 💔💔💔

    • @unitedwestand5100
      @unitedwestand5100 Před 2 lety +38

      30 or 40 years wasn't enough?
      There were complaints in the 80s about problems with this building.
      Once there was even a television special about the problems.
      This was a preventable tragedy.

  • @chrish5503
    @chrish5503 Před 2 lety +770

    Thoughts to all of the victim's families - If you're watching this, we're all very sorry for you and wish you the best.

    • @allurekushgoddess5103
      @allurekushgoddess5103 Před 2 lety +14

      💯

    • @rickgeller6043
      @rickgeller6043 Před 2 lety +15

      Thoughts? Yeah that will work.

    • @-._.-KRiS-._.-
      @-._.-KRiS-._.- Před 2 lety +25

      @@rickgeller6043 It's the same thing as prayer. It's okay to think positively of others. Not all of us have to be dud-heads trying ruin a nice sentiment.

    • @-._.-KRiS-._.-
      @-._.-KRiS-._.- Před 2 lety +12

      @Randy Carriere What are you on about?

    • @simp2234
      @simp2234 Před 2 lety +1

      laughing at china look at u can't save no body shameful freedom

  • @hefzi-babeula8631
    @hefzi-babeula8631 Před 2 lety +128

    I cannot imagine the anxiety of many living in that area after this😟

    • @Shadow__133
      @Shadow__133 Před 2 lety +6

      At least the people in the West building may get oceanfront view now?

    • @TheAngryFishh
      @TheAngryFishh Před 2 lety +1

      @@Shadow__133 #worthit

    • @RichardMusiol
      @RichardMusiol Před 2 lety +5

      @@Shadow__133 This my friend is how conspiracy theories start.

    • @hefzi-babeula8631
      @hefzi-babeula8631 Před 2 lety +3

      @@Shadow__133 imagine craziness at that level 😳to be honest I believe that and more out of humans🤪

    • @_f4lk0n_
      @_f4lk0n_ Před 2 lety +5

      @@Shadow__133 are you seriously joking about this right now? I bet you would't dare to say that out loud, cause you know you'd get punch in the face

  • @chromebook2447
    @chromebook2447 Před 2 lety +293

    My condolences go out to the families of the victims and everyone affected by this tragedy!

  • @Kathleen-gl5wh
    @Kathleen-gl5wh Před 2 lety +375

    The ceiling damage one year prior to collapse is shocking

    • @EndreaiYT
      @EndreaiYT Před 2 lety +21

      It looks so similar to the Singapore Building Collapse

    • @miked3168
      @miked3168 Před 2 lety +31

      This is what happens when you deregulate things. Disasters are bound to happen

    • @Sigrafix
      @Sigrafix Před 2 lety +35

      @@miked3168 I don't think this was due to deregulation.. the building had been inspected and was set to be repaired but everything was postponed due to the lockdowns and the shortages of labor and supplies.. There was an engineering firm that was aware of the issues but it would seem they failed to emphasize the urgency of the matter and they're probably going to be held liable for this disaster going forward.

    • @m2svirtual384
      @m2svirtual384 Před 2 lety +39

      @@Sigrafix Supply and labor shortages are not valid excuses to allow living things to continue existing in harm's way. Even if a forced evacuation wasn't done, the residents there deserved the truth about their possible demise in a cataclysmic event, and they received no such dire warnings that could be paid attention to, or blown off as exaggeration. When information is withheld that might have saved lives, then there are far more culpable here than just the construction company and engineers. Indeed Lucy, that ceiling video footage raises the hair on my arms, as it probably does to anyone who has seen water damage like that. You know that trained eyes saw that and voiced the possibility, and someone higher up attached to money told them to shut up - they were working on it, no need to cause a panic. I don't think it was deregulation either Sig, it was greedy owners who wanted to continue collecting rent. And that's all. Why those people were allowed to stay there until their death is the easiest part of this to explain.

    • @oforkya
      @oforkya Před 2 lety +1

      It look scary.

  • @tigrotom7312
    @tigrotom7312 Před 2 lety +619

    Excellent presentation on what happened at Champlain Towers, one of the best I have seen.

    • @hellen70666666
      @hellen70666666 Před 2 lety +29

      ....Yep, And Presentations Like This, Look like they would Take Hours and Hours to Do, too....!!!!...Bravo for Sharing your Time with Folks you do Not even Know....!!!

    • @jackgoff4859
      @jackgoff4859 Před 2 lety +5

      Except it's wrong because the cars dropped before the pool deck.

    • @kineahora8736
      @kineahora8736 Před 2 lety +4

      @@jackgoff4859 yeah I forgot that issue as well as the other errors here-there is some controversy as to the sequence of the sections of the pool deck failure, but I think you are right: the family that escaped said they saw the cars collapse down into the garage: their patio is immediately adjacent to other areas that subsequently collapsed and they would have noticed if that went down first…
      It’s really confusing for some people,to call the initially-collapsing structure the “pool deck”-it really should be called the “ground-level slab”-because it constitutes the entire structure that includes the area around the pool (“pool deck”), the covered visitor parking (the part we think collapsed first based on the eyewitness account of the son of that family living on the ground floor that escaped), and the roof of the underground garage.

    • @Tamesis66
      @Tamesis66 Před 2 lety +12

      @@kineahora8736 The narrator said at the beginning that they tried to be as accurate as possible but with some info still missing or pending, they had to guesstimate in some instances. So it was already stated it might not be totally accurate. I think the animation was top-notch though! Very good graphics.

    • @julief634
      @julief634 Před 2 lety +2

      @@jackgoff4859 I was confused about that one, first I thought was the pool because Cassondra in #410 (Bless her soul, RIP) said to her husband there is a sinkhole in the pool, but I think what she saw was the ground going down from the columns collapsing in the garage which is what made the cars drop first. it may have looked from her perspective view the pool deck went down in to a sinkhole, when in fact it was the ground and cars dropping first.

  • @dianeruiz0721
    @dianeruiz0721 Před rokem +14

    Excellent work of the representation on what probably happened. Your 3-D rendering makes it real easy to understand and see the horrifying tragedy. Thank you for your hard work.

  • @TheRuthyc
    @TheRuthyc Před 2 lety +69

    I am amazed and impressed by your ability to put together this animation sequence so clearly, so that we can understand it. Surely it will help builders and architects in the future to make sure this never happens again. Why didn't anyone pay attention to the clues that this building was in danger of collapse? How horrific for those poor people and their pets.

    • @lightbulb1982
      @lightbulb1982 Před 2 lety +2

      This is no engineered reason of explanation. This is just some kid in his basement coming to his own theories to make it look good. Most of the information on YT is just some made up opinion like this one...

    • @staciasmith5162
      @staciasmith5162 Před 2 lety

      Repairs cost money, and they were looking at a lot of repairs.

    • @thorlancaster5641
      @thorlancaster5641 Před 2 lety +1

      @@lightbulb1982 This guy did more engineering in a month than you have in your entire life. He said it was just a theory and his answer seems pretty logical based on my experiences building with dominoes.

  • @aday1637
    @aday1637 Před 2 lety +282

    Nice computer simulation. A month later and the shock and horror of this event still ring loud. The cause of failure source is essential for so many people. Not just the loved ones but the other condo dwellers in that area specifically want and need to know so they may take appropriate action as necessary.

    • @SeekingTheLoveThatGodMeans7648
      @SeekingTheLoveThatGodMeans7648 Před 2 lety +1

      There are immediate engineering factors then there are philosophical factors: "Not my yob, mon" as it were.
      If we cure the philosophy -- and the Lord is leaning near hoping for open ears -- this will bring due attention upon the quality of engineering of the edifices we have chosen to depend upon.
      The concern is as old as Leviticus. To restate in modern terms: if your roof is accessible as a living space then it had better have a wall for safety's sake or the blood of accident victims is on you.
      Also Jesus the carpenter spoke of the necessity of a good foundation as a spiritual metaphor whose physical illustration would have been obvious at the time.
      This won't be cheap or easy to fix. Many engineering sins have been buried to more or less quietly emerge later. Perhaps sonic and strain sensors will prove necessary. An evacuation would stink, but not as much as an unwarned collapse.

    • @cryptfire3158
      @cryptfire3158 Před 2 lety

      @@SeekingTheLoveThatGodMeans7648
      You'd probably agree with me. My advice for people in general, is to look for security from the "rock of ages" and build your house on a firm foundation. (2 Corinthians 4:18) "While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal."

    • @nelidefatimaferreirafontou7306
      @nelidefatimaferreirafontou7306 Před 2 lety

      McAfee ??? 🤔🤔🤔

  • @Logicsimple
    @Logicsimple Před 2 lety +697

    It's a respectful well done job, focused on the facts, as it should.

    • @tmilesffl
      @tmilesffl Před 2 lety +4

      Since the investigation has not been completed then there are NO FACTS, yet, other than the building came down. This is just another OPINION.

    • @edwelndiobel1567
      @edwelndiobel1567 Před 2 lety +2

      what do you mean "respectful"?

    • @cllc9722
      @cllc9722 Před 2 lety +1

      WHAT THE WORLD AND ESPECIALLY AMERICANS HAVE LEARNED IS THAT
      THE EXPENSIVE HOUSING STRUCTURES BEING BUILT IS CHEAPY AND
      AMERICAN HOUSING CONSTRUCTION COMPANIES AND DEVELOPERS ARE
      CUTTING CORNERS WHILE SELLING THEIR HOUSING FOR TOP DOLLAR IN
      OTHER WORDS AMERICANS ARE GETTING RIIPPED OFF AND EVEN GETTING
      KILLED IN AMERICAN BUILT STRUCTURES AND IF YOUR SO CALLED LUCKY
      IF YOU WALK AWAY ALIVE, HOMELESS AND BROKE. AMERICANS DONT
      FORGET YOUR HISTORY WHEN A TIME AGO BUILDING STRUCTURES WHERE
      BUILT TO TAKE IT AND KEEP ON TICKING A GREAT EXAMPLE THE JEWEL
      OF NEW YORK CITY THE EMPIRE STATE BUILDING IN JULY 28 OF 1945 IT
      WAS HIT BY A B-25 US MILLITARY BOMBER AND IT'S STILL STANDING THERE.
      PRESENT DAY 911 THE BOTH OF THE WORLD TRADE CENTERS BUILDINGS
      TOTALLY DESTROYED, WE NOW HAVE MORE THAN EVER MORE HURRICANES,
      FLOODS, TORNADOS, FIRES, EARTH QUAKES ETC... DESTROYING AMERICAN
      HOMES INCLUDING WHAT ARE CALLED CARD BOARD HALF A MILLION DOLLAR
      HOMES ANIALATED ALONG WITH THE SMALLER HOMES. A TOTAL OF BILLIONS
      OF DOLLARS IN PROPERTY WORTH DESTROYED EVERY YEAR NOW ACROSS
      AMERICA AND TO THINK THAT OVER MILLIONS OF AMERICANS WHERE
      DISPLACED BY GREEDY REAL ESTATE DEALERS, PROPERTY DEVELOPERS,
      REAL ESTATE INVESTORS, GREEDY LANDLORDS. PLUS ADDING TO THE MIX
      HIGHER PROPERTY TAXES, HIGHER MAINTENANCES, HIGHER COST OF LIVING
      AND CRIME RISING ALL A ROUND US BESIDES INFECTING US FOR PROFITS
      ITS HAS CREATED A GROWING GROUP OF NOMADS, TINY HOUSE MOVEMENT,
      PEOPLE EVEN LIVING IN THEIR CARS FLEEING ALL THIS CAUSE THEY ARE
      BEING RIPPED OFF AND NOW THIS. DUE TO GREED IT HAS AND IS NOW
      COSTING LIVES MORE THAN EVER. A SHELTER'S JOB IS TO PROTECT
      PEOPLE FROM HARM NOT LEAVE YOU OPEN TO HARM AND DEATH.

    • @jcardozo1349
      @jcardozo1349 Před 2 lety +2

      @@cllc9722 what are you talking about? Builders cutting corners?!? America has one of the strictest building codes in the world… One building collapses out of millions and your blaming our infrastructure?!?
      This case is more of a building being neglected of proper structural maintenance….

  • @KatherineUribe-1
    @KatherineUribe-1 Před 2 lety +82

    Rest in peace all the souls lost in this tragedy.

    • @Jingleball7734
      @Jingleball7734 Před 2 lety

      🙏🏽🙏🏽

    • @opalmarie8466
      @opalmarie8466 Před 2 lety +1

      And I hope anyone who witnessed it, lost people or survived is getting the help they need to recover from their traumas 🙏🏽

  • @Glitch-nr9ct
    @Glitch-nr9ct Před 2 lety +9

    First and foremost deepest love to all effected by this horrific tragedy. Secondly, huge respect and admiration for what must have been literally hundreds of hours of work and research putting this absolutely spectacular presentation together.
    As a contractor in the construction industry here in the Balt/DC area, can I just share my extreme concern at the countless number of bridges and overpasses I see on a weekly basis that have massive chunks of concrete having fallen away exposing rusted rebar and long stress cracks that run up entire support columns. Not even joking, this is everywhere and that's why infrastructure is such a huge topic on Capital Hill right now. We cannot continue to ignore these things.

  • @garym444
    @garym444 Před 2 lety +333

    what deeply saddens me is only 3 people it seems had advance warning not knowing what was going to happen...and the other ones didn't stand a chance to survive. I hope they went fast.....😔😔

    • @JohnnyAngel8
      @JohnnyAngel8 Před 2 lety +47

      The coroner's office released a statement that, based on the evidence, nobody survived the collapse.

    • @sherribrawn3757
      @sherribrawn3757 Před 2 lety +60

      I often have visions of a lot of those victims hearing the initial collapse, and going out to their windows/balconies to see what was going on only to witness the entire section collapse under them.... Uggghhh it's just heartbreaking to say the least....

    • @julief634
      @julief634 Před 2 lety +98

      @@JohnnyAngel8 3 people did survive. The first one was a teenager boy pulled out of the rubble. The next two were the Gonzalez family, The mother and daughter fell from apt #904 but where they were in their apartments saved them because they fell on rubble that broke their fall, so they fell from 9th to the 5th floor, the rubble from the floors below cushioned the fall, they survived and their cat Binx also survived. The mother has a broken hip and daughter broke some bones I think, but they are okay, Sad though their father Edgar died with their dog Daisy. Some pets of theirs are still missing. The rest that survived got out after part of the building collapsed from the still standing portion.

    • @JohnnyAngel8
      @JohnnyAngel8 Před 2 lety +39

      @@julief634 Right. Correction - those who died did so immediately.

    • @garym444
      @garym444 Před 2 lety +25

      @@JohnnyAngel8 yes. I read that. I hope they weren't trapped and suffered.

  • @MiamiSpartan1
    @MiamiSpartan1 Před 2 lety +196

    So sad. I drove past this building every day for 10 years.

    • @cicefashion4685
      @cicefashion4685 Před 2 lety +11

      I just thought about the earthquake that was felt in Miami a couple years ago. Was this area impacted any by this? I wonder if the earthquake worsened the state of this building.

    • @JoseRamos-mv2ty
      @JoseRamos-mv2ty Před 2 lety +1

      Lier

    • @NawrasEpicDuel
      @NawrasEpicDuel Před 2 lety +3

      @@cicefashion4685 This building was in good condition vs Lateral loading conditions (hurricanes/earthquake loads) as their shear walls proved to be functioning well (they were the reason why the 2nd collapse was delayed and why the other part of the building didn't fall down). So, no i doubt earthquakes had anything to do with this collapse. In case you are wondering, yeah shear walls are the main elements that resist lateral loads.

    • @Wag2112
      @Wag2112 Před 2 lety +1

      @@cicefashion4685 Do you mean the Haiti Quake ?? There are quakes that happen south of florida, but I haven't seen that any were close to southern florida as an epicenter. Dutchsinse is a great source for quake news. ( just dont tell the USGS ) :) I have another "watcher" in the house here who agrees - there was a minor quake in florida within the last few years , between Tallahassee and the Gulf coast, she says below 2.1 so, it most likely did not affect this structure at all.

    • @Wag2112
      @Wag2112 Před 2 lety +1

      Hey Tom, were you there for Hurr. Andrew?? I could see that starting the corrosion if the basement flooded.

  • @h.ar.2937
    @h.ar.2937 Před 2 lety +169

    All the engineers involved in this project are shitting bricks right now trying to prove they’re not to be blamed

    • @neberboi
      @neberboi Před 2 lety +25

      Haha bricks.

    • @McSnezzly
      @McSnezzly Před 2 lety +11

      We’ll see if they even are held responsible. It’s not like the government is forcing the other buildings built by the same company to be fixed immediately.

    • @AlexanderSimic
      @AlexanderSimic Před 2 lety +49

      this thing was built 40 years ago they are probably old grandpapas right now or dead

    • @romanfields7900
      @romanfields7900 Před 2 lety +56

      It looks like lack of maintenance to me. If you don’t protect your foundation then don’t be surprised when the roof falls on your head.

    • @gothenmosph5151
      @gothenmosph5151 Před 2 lety +39

      Building was finished 40 years ago. Probably took a few years for construction and plans were probably finalized a couple years before that. So a 35 year old architect or engineer (who'd be really young to be a lead designer on something this large)would be 80 now. So they'd most likely be dead or too infirm to stand trial in 5+ years.
      And after 40 years it's going to be hard to prove it was merely bad design. Something that lasts 40 years generally fails due to old age or poor matinance. Not to mention this has to be signed off by buildimgnauthorities and inspectors are there all the time so if it was an amatuer design it should've been caught before the building was started, let alone completed.
      My guess? A lazy contractor probably screwed something up and that combined with poor matinance and being next to the ocean did it in.

  • @CC-si3cr
    @CC-si3cr Před 2 lety +8

    That was amazing! I had no idea the other tower was demolished and the site of the former Surfside condo was cleared. Your 3D rendering was what I have been waiting on to give me some sort of explanation how this building could've fallen. Well done!!

  • @anrojoo
    @anrojoo Před 2 lety +111

    Excellent presentation and animation. This is most likely what happened, and it always breaks my heart knowing that people had about 8 minutes to get out safely, had it happened during the day and not when everyone was likely asleep and couldnt even hear the loud noise of the pool deck collapsing.

    • @AkSonya1010
      @AkSonya1010 Před 2 lety +26

      It makes me so sad to think how many people saw that damage in the garage and didn't pull the fire alarm. I fully understand people panic they don't think but man, those 7 minutes could have saved a lot of lives.

    • @rosealmeida6820
      @rosealmeida6820 Před 2 lety +9

      But who would of thought the buildings was going to come down

    • @julybailey4239
      @julybailey4239 Před 2 lety +11

      I also can't help but wonder if many of the people did actually try to get down and possibly went down the wrong stairway that collapsed. Could have been 40 or 50 people all running together in a pile. It would explain why bodies were found later because most were towards the bottom of the pile meaning they made it close to getting out. It would also explain why so many people took weeks to identify their DNA. Had they have been in their respective beds sleeping with their spouses they should have identified the husband's and wives the same day, yet a husband was identified a week after his wife's body. People probably running for their lives on top of one another trying to escape. The one lady survived because she took the furthest stairwell not knowing there was one closer to her unit. It saved her life. This makes the story so much more tragic. Otherwise in the 7 minutes I think more people would have been on their phones 911 or calling friends and family yet very few calls. Probably because they were in the stairwells in a hurry...running...

    • @Mr.Thermistor7228
      @Mr.Thermistor7228 Před 2 lety +1

      @@rosealmeida6820 exactly, you cant say even if you did see the garage collapse you would have gotten out. some would sure but some definitely would have just stayed put in their rooms

  • @Demonoidph
    @Demonoidph Před 2 lety +313

    RIP all who were lost and affected during this sad event. 🙏

  • @FREEDMFTR
    @FREEDMFTR Před 2 lety +10

    Excellent presentation. Animation and info presented was spot on and your efforts putting this together deserves high praise 🙏🏻

  • @elizabethharper9208
    @elizabethharper9208 Před 2 lety +9

    TYSM for making this video. I can now clearly understand what happened. For the record, we native Floridians have been waiting for just such an unfortunate event. I have zero family and friends that would live in a condo on the Florida beaches. Absolutely horrific event. My heart goes out to the loved ones left behind and the ones who lived to tell the story and yet lost their homes as well. Major props to every single rescue worker involved.

  • @djnoneofyourbusiness525
    @djnoneofyourbusiness525 Před 2 lety +146

    It makes you wonder, if this happened during the day when more people were awake and aware/ or not home- there might not have been as many deaths.

    • @peaches44
      @peaches44 Před 2 lety +16

      I heard someone say the temperature dropped during the night which caused the metals to react. Heartbreaking 😞

    • @Emunah13819
      @Emunah13819 Před 2 lety +2

      If only...😞

    • @Proverbs--tx6yr
      @Proverbs--tx6yr Před 2 lety +3

      And how many more would have suffered by being wide awake during that moment...it was the best scenario for such a travesty in my opinion ✝️💔

    • @wraynephew6838
      @wraynephew6838 Před 2 lety +15

      @@Proverbs--tx6yr There would of been suffering either way. I am convinced a lot of people died while trapped in the rubble for days.

    • @polarvortex3294
      @polarvortex3294 Před 2 lety +4

      @@wraynephew6838 Horrible to think about. Makes you wonder if the rescue response was all it should have been.

  • @jennteal5265
    @jennteal5265 Před 2 lety +70

    The spalling of the concrete and following damage to the rebar was absolutely shocking prior to the collapse. Building Integrity does an excellent job with the finer details of the physics of how this all appears to have happened. I highly suggest his channel.

  • @MotoSnax
    @MotoSnax Před 2 lety +7

    Thanks for the presentation. Years ago, in 2008, we stayed in the building next to it (from where the CCTV footage came) when it was Howard Johnson Dezerland Beach & Spa (they demolished it and replaced it with another building). So somehow this feels closer to home than just a building collapse in some city because I know the area. I'm so sorry for all the people that lost their lives in this and their families.

  • @maryelaine-blinstrubchambe6083

    God bless all of those families and their loved ones. I'm just afraid there will be more of these buildings coming down. Greed is a powerful motivator for procrastination.

    • @wandasanders4924
      @wandasanders4924 Před 2 lety +1

      What are you INSINUATING, the BUILDING was TAMPERED with.

    • @AlexFlockhart
      @AlexFlockhart Před 2 lety

      @@wandasanders4924 pretty obvious it was just neglected

    • @maryellerd4187
      @maryellerd4187 Před 2 lety +2

      Real estate, development and construction is greed without bounds. I lived in south west Florida for over 20 years and what I saw in that 20 years is unbelievable. Florida’s west coast is mostly way behind the east coast in condo development, but it’s trying really hard to catch up. What used to be beautiful beach views are now views of condo after condo. However, what the beach gives, it also takes. An unexpected no-name storm in the 70s wiped out a city-county park with restrooms and grills on one end of Sanibel Island along with most of the access to an exclusive island adjacent to Sanibel. I hope the pilings supporting the condos are driven deep into bedrock because rising seas affect the west coast as much as the east coast. Salt spray and storms are continuous along both coasts of the peninsula.

    • @AlexFlockhart
      @AlexFlockhart Před 2 lety

      @@og-greenmachine8623 Well they don't float when nothing supports it from the bottom, so yeah, it will fall at 9.8m/s², just as a dead bird would.
      It IS suspicious whenever a building collapses (other than catastrophic earthquakes and winds), because the buildings are supposed to be engineered to stay standing, and if they don't, it was negligence or corruption (or very rarely, as I believe you were implying, sabotage)

  • @saramae9878
    @saramae9878 Před 2 lety +43

    It's mind boggling that the obvious damage that existed for a long time before the collapse was apparently ignored by those in charge of the safety of the residents.

    • @invaderjoshua6280
      @invaderjoshua6280 Před 2 lety +3

      My wife and I are buying a house as soon as possible. These rentals can’t be trusted.

    • @AlphaSquadZero
      @AlphaSquadZero Před 2 lety

      The last contractor who had inspected the building's foundation reported it as "damaged, but repairs are sufficient" to the building's managers

    • @DGTelevsionNetwork
      @DGTelevsionNetwork Před 2 lety

      @@invaderjoshua6280 good luck, single family homes are built with even LESS building code standards. Some of them are built in less than a week with unskilled illegal labor. Best thing would be to go manufactured home route and oversee the entire construction.

    • @TheMapleKitKat
      @TheMapleKitKat Před 2 lety +1

      @@DGTelevsionNetwork yea i doubt he has about a million to just blow on that.

    • @etainafuzz
      @etainafuzz Před 2 lety

      @@TheMapleKitKat Overseeing your own new build doesn't necessarily cost a million. I know people who have purchased land and built amazing houses in highly desirable areas of the US for around $400k - $500k. It's actually cheaper in some states to build your own home.

  • @johncoil1418
    @johncoil1418 Před 2 lety +34

    I think you have presented a very logical and well thought out scenario of the failure. I think we will find that the pool deck slab was significantly overloaded by the addition of built up fill slabs to obtain slope for drainage the setting bed and pavers and the loads from the planters, which the original structural engineer did not provide for. Note that the pool deck slab was only 9 1/2 inches thick with a max. span of 29 feet. Based on 50 years of structural engineering experience it should have been at least 2 inches thicker or should have incorporated at least 4 inch deep drop panels at the columns. Great job with the simulation.

    • @KayInMaine
      @KayInMaine Před 2 lety

      Making those planters part of the pool deck was a bad idea. If they hadn't done that and used individual planters you buy in a store that would hold the water (no holes on the bottom), that may have helped to keep the water from constantly flowing into the basement garage/ceiling.

  • @hannahblurp9360
    @hannahblurp9360 Před 2 lety +9

    Thank you. I didn't realize how the garage fell in minutes before the building fell. Very informative

  • @Jhoto
    @Jhoto Před 2 lety +4

    I was in the hospital, i was in an accident that almost took my life, the car missed the drivers side do by inches. Im on the bed and i receive a phone call, my childhood bestfriend, hes sobbing. I couldnt understand what he was saying to me. " she never showed up to work", i still didnt understand. " she was in the building and didnt show up to work". It was still unclear. He is able to control himself, and tells me our childhood friend was in the collapse and she is nowhere to be seen. I couldnt believe it. I called my mother and she began sobbing. Its hard to answer why these things happen to the best people. Ill never have an answer for it. Only thing i learned from this was to forgive and enjoy. Forgive your parents, your enemies, your exes, your children. And enjoy the sun, the laughs, the smiles, enjoy traffic, enjoy being sick, enjoy.

  • @edal61
    @edal61 Před 2 lety +36

    I've seen quite a few of these reconstruction videos, you're the first to acknowledge those that perished and their surviving family, most others are non-nonchalantly speculating on the cause of the collapse, even as many victims hadn't even been recovered yet. On the part of quality and analysis, yours happen also to be the best I've seen! Thanks for your work.

  • @firefeethok_tui2355
    @firefeethok_tui2355 Před 2 lety +90

    So very sad. I still think of all the people in that building how terrified they must’ve been and how quick it was.

    • @69-avec-ta-soeur
      @69-avec-ta-soeur Před 2 lety +1

      Hmmm 🤔, actually, no, you don't give a s*** about these people, you write it just to feel good.

    • @lannguyen-pu1db
      @lannguyen-pu1db Před 2 lety +2

      There will be haunting in that area for years to come.

    • @intelsilver
      @intelsilver Před 2 lety +21

      @@69-avec-ta-soeur Nice projection

    • @Us3r739
      @Us3r739 Před 2 lety +1

      Pancakes for breakfast, what’s the special seasoning for today? Freshly crushed concrete👌🏼👌🏼

    • @_f4lk0n_
      @_f4lk0n_ Před 2 lety +4

      @@69-avec-ta-soeur What? How saying that is gonna make him feel good exactly? The only one trying to feel good its you by trolling. Please, get lost. You wouldn't understand what empathy means even if it your mother were on the building...

  • @Carboxylated
    @Carboxylated Před 2 lety +1

    I love how you start the video out with respect for the families/victims that were affected by this. Amazing analysis video!

  • @The_D0RK_KNIGHT
    @The_D0RK_KNIGHT Před 2 lety +16

    "I hope this video was useful to you"
    Sir, it was exceptionally useful and presented in such detail that regular news media fail to do.

  • @tiffanyms2881
    @tiffanyms2881 Před 2 lety +133

    So sad. This should have never happened. My heart goes out to the families of all affected. It has to be a nightmare for them.

    • @SMaamri78
      @SMaamri78 Před 2 lety +4

      What is sad to me is that i’m sure some of them survived the initial collapse but died waiting to be rescued.

    • @hiyellagal
      @hiyellagal Před 2 lety

      @@SMaamri78 I just can't imagine the horror of that.....Waiting. It's so haunting watching this. May God rest their souls.

    • @dervthebeast5130
      @dervthebeast5130 Před 2 lety

      @@SMaamri78 meanwhile they were clearing rubble with just buckets 🪣………..smfh

    • @Us3r739
      @Us3r739 Před 2 lety

      Dude wild humans only live 20 years if they’re lucky and they usually get eaten alive or spawnkilled, how is this a nightmare?

  • @SmithFam2323
    @SmithFam2323 Před 2 lety +71

    This helps a lot to understand what happened. A warning to us all on what to look for and if it is not safe to scream loudly and often to get stuff fixed.

    • @consumer1843
      @consumer1843 Před 2 lety +1

      Space shuttle incident is similar.

    • @McSnezzly
      @McSnezzly Před 2 lety

      @@consumer1843 we already have to start screaming. Our bridges are crumbling, many are confirmed destitute and in need of immediate repairs. I was able to look up the ones in my state and at least two I use to drive to work are on the list.
      The Brooklyn Bridge is also considered in a severe state, with some engineers just waiting for it to collapse. I can’t imagine the horror it would cause for that bridge to collapse, but our government isn’t going to do anything unless we force them to- before there’s death.

  • @ROCKSLIDZ
    @ROCKSLIDZ Před 2 lety +2

    Very well done! Your animation helped me better understand understand the structural failure. Clear, concise, and respectful. Thank you.

  • @QueenCoCoaMocha
    @QueenCoCoaMocha Před 2 lety +3

    This piece should be used as part of the investigations. I wouldn't be surprised if they already watched this well put together 🙏🏾

  • @NA-cw3mm
    @NA-cw3mm Před 2 lety +85

    Thank you for correctly accounting the woman that was on her balcony and made the call to her husband! Everyone seems to get this wrong, she was not in 412!

    • @gramateur5776
      @gramateur5776 Před 2 lety +29

      Exactly! She had been living in 412 but had moved within the last year to 410. It was documented on her blog. What is confusing people is she was friends with the owners of 412 and could use their balcony for photos.

    • @brianismine2898
      @brianismine2898 Před 2 lety +2

      did she survive?

    • @cyndianderson7056
      @cyndianderson7056 Před 2 lety +6

      @@brianismine2898 no. :(

    • @Mike-Bell
      @Mike-Bell  Před 2 lety +13

      Where condo victims were located whatsnew2day.com/where-miami-condo-victims-were-in-the-champlain-towers-south-before-horror-collapse/

    • @avanulaneway8418
      @avanulaneway8418 Před 2 lety +14

      It doesn't even matter which apartment, she never got out. R.I.P Lady

  • @tonyyero7231
    @tonyyero7231 Před 2 lety +22

    Lived in that area back in 1993. Even then so many of those highrises looked so old and in need of repair. Not to mention they are way too close to the ocean!

    • @tbrech8625
      @tbrech8625 Před 2 lety +6

      Ideally, barrier islands should be left uninhabited. When this is done, the mainland is usually better protected from storm surge and other shifts in currents. But beach front property means $$$. Stacking homes makes for more $$$, too and better views. I’d rather see bird rookeries, tortoise nests and a beach without buildings cluttering it. But the view of the sea calls to many.

    • @TopShot501st
      @TopShot501st Před 2 lety

      But dat view tho...

  • @labibbidabibbadum
    @labibbidabibbadum Před 2 lety +1

    Tragic event and a really illuminating explanation. Thank you for the great clarity of your descriptions and animations.

  • @victorvandyke9898
    @victorvandyke9898 Před 2 lety

    Very well done! Thanks to you as well as CZcams for making all this possible.

  • @mattmmilli8287
    @mattmmilli8287 Před 2 lety +48

    It’s so sad seeing a few lights flick on in that last tower before it fell.
    Imagine waking up to just a few seconds left of your life as it comes down. Fuck

  • @LAG09
    @LAG09 Před 2 lety +62

    It's crazy how construction and design mistakes made decades ago can come together with shoddy maintenance over those decades so suddenly and catastrophically. Lots of mistakes made, but of those who made mistakes only the last ones end up having to take any responsibility.

    • @MissKitty944
      @MissKitty944 Před 2 lety +16

      @@tripplefives1402 That's correct. Many condo associations vote on saving money rather then doing the repairs correctly. AND nearly all condo associations DO NOT collect an additional fee that goes into a separate escrow account designed to take care of repairs as they arise, thus avoiding huge additional fees along with the current monthly fee. AND some condo boards illegally spend this money on 'beautification' projects with out informing the members as required by law. I'm currently on a board that did all of the above. Illegally pillaged the escrow account to 'up date' and 'beautify' the club house. Now the current board has the herculean task of correcting these errors and bring everything up to code or face huge fines with out any money. The previous board emptied ALL the accounts. We're in the red.
      So it's a combination of all things. Poor construction, failure to have an escrow account for repairs and the members not wanting an additional monthly fee to fix issues before they become a disaster.

    • @LAG09
      @LAG09 Před 2 lety +10

      @@MissKitty944 I used to live in a building that was fairly similar. Except they just wanted to keep fees low.
      Lots of old people who never considered that a building will become get expensive to maintain as it gets older. Went cheap on maintenance to the point that the plumbing was patched up with a literal garden hose in one spot. People tried to get badly needed renovations done and the old folks always went "No, you're not doing any major renovations while I'm still alive" until enough of them had died and they couldn't stall anymore.
      Finally had a huge one where they re-did both the elevators and the plumbing, both 20 years past their service life. Lots of complaining, trying to cut corners and accusing independent experts of being biased because because the state of disrepair ruled out cheaper options. Even tried to screw the contractor by charging for use of the elevator. They still complain about fees being too high when they're the ones at fault.

    • @davetuscano5939
      @davetuscano5939 Před 2 lety +4

      I guy in NYC was just standing there, and the concrete broke under him. He fell 12-15 feet down. No rebar in the concrete. Another guy was walking along and an underground explosion went off thru a grate. Shoddy work and a lack of maintenance. BUT! NYC can afford to pay people $100 to get a Covid shot!!!!!!!!!!!!

    • @LluviadeOrugas
      @LluviadeOrugas Před 2 lety +3

      Who are the “last ones”?, do you mean the owners?, because if you do, I completely disagree. The owners are the victims in my opinion, the designer, builder and/or city inspectors are the ones who should be made responsible for such a young building to collapse. There’re plenty of buildings around the world that are much older, are not being properly maintained, and are still standing today. Also, I read somewhere that the owners were already paying outrageous fees for maintenance every month. Here in Spain, I’m paying 80€/month for maintenance of a beautiful, nearly 70 year old high rise 20 minute walk from the beach. We did have a major repair though, a few years ago that costed us 2,000€ each, but nothing like what the poor owners of the collapsed building were supposed to pay. Very sad situation all around!.

    • @LAG09
      @LAG09 Před 2 lety +1

      ​@@LluviadeOrugas Over the time since the house was built the people making the decisions on what to fix, if at all, will have cycled trough plenty of times. Lots of different owners and condominium association people.
      You can't place that much responsibility on the inspectors as the building was deemed "structurally deficient" years before the collapse. The condominium association had some repairs made and those were again deemed to have failed last year. However as the inspectors didn't specify that the building still being "structurally deficient" means there's a real risk of collapse the condominium association, i.e the owners of the apartments, didn't take it seriously.
      So the ultimate blame lies collectively on the shoulders of the designers, whoever approved those designs, the builders and both past and current apartment owners. Only ones who are totally innocent in this are the renters and owners' family members who lived there at the time of the collapse.

  • @evermar1
    @evermar1 Před 2 lety +1

    This is the most thorough and logical look at this devastating tragedy. Thank you for your clear analysis.

  • @willothewispl
    @willothewispl Před 2 lety +2

    I stayed in a building in Ocean City, Maryland last fall right on the water for about four months. Had a deck and parked underground just like the one that fell. I remember seeing puddles of water underneath that one too. Did not think much about it till one day was getting in my car and it was pouring rain. There was a pair of steps from the upper deck to the parking garage right in front of where I was parked. And water was just pouring down them. I never parked under there again. Never felt comfortable parking there. I was staying on the center apt on the 11 th floor. That was only half way up the building. It was a huge older building. It looked it from inside. I parked way on the other side of the front parking lot on the highway side away from the front of the building after that. I do not know why it bothered me, but it just did. Cannot remember what the parking garage ceiling looked like. Stayed in another smaller older building and we parked underneath there too years before. Was no deck just some parking under the building. Looked well taken care of. Stayed in a condo in St. Petersburg florida before that. Parked underneath again. Maybe about 12 floors. Was very well taken care of building undeneath too. At least it looked it now that I think about it. Do not think I will ever park anywhere like that ever again. Do not think I want to be in another condo like that either, nope not gonna do it.

  • @ScarabChris
    @ScarabChris Před 2 lety +23

    Very well done animation. After a month of almost obsessively researching this I believe your animation is the most accurate. There is a longer version of the neighboring CCTV video that starts minutes before the building is seen going down. In the longer version you can see what looks like a cloud of dust around the pool deck well before the building collapsed. Had someone pulled the fire alarm at the first sign of a problem I believe most would have made it out.

    • @KWKloeber
      @KWKloeber Před 2 lety +1

      Where is that longer security cam vid? A link to it please?

    • @Mike-Bell
      @Mike-Bell  Před 2 lety +3

      Hi Chris. I have not seen the earlier longer version of the cctv. Can you paste the link or tell me where to find it. Could have important clues. Thanks

    • @ScarabChris
      @ScarabChris Před 2 lety +2

      Here is the link. It shows it in different speeds. You can actually see lights flashing in some of the units. czcams.com/video/yzGGmEis5fk/video.html

    • @swinde
      @swinde Před 2 lety +1

      I was wondering why the video began after the building collapse started. It is like they did not want to share the initial moments.

    • @terry94131
      @terry94131 Před 2 lety +8

      @@swinde The security camera that captured the collapse is motion-activated. It didn't initiate recording until the building was already falling.

  • @thestormiscoming8883
    @thestormiscoming8883 Před 2 lety +37

    This is the most accurate description of the collapse so fare.

    • @kineahora8736
      @kineahora8736 Před 2 lety +2

      Not really

    • @kineahora8736
      @kineahora8736 Před 2 lety +3

      @@macdean I like Josh porter’s channel on this and Jeff Ostroff…

    • @coriebarnes8680
      @coriebarnes8680 Před 2 lety

      There are other channels like Building Integrity. You just have to search for them.

    • @simp2234
      @simp2234 Před 2 lety

      collapse of a nation is a sign

  • @frigginpos
    @frigginpos Před 2 lety

    Thank you for this video. You put it together really well.

  • @MsDimples1979
    @MsDimples1979 Před 2 lety +5

    Excellent presentation thank you for sharing with us 🙏🏾❤️

  • @titaniumdiveknife
    @titaniumdiveknife Před 2 lety +42

    Truly a respectful simulation. Bless you sir.

  • @randymartens1823
    @randymartens1823 Před 2 lety +8

    This is THE single most informative video I've seen on this tragedy. It presents the known sequence of events (many of which I was unaware of) in an easy-to-understand manner that I've never viewed before in the many other videos and news accounts of the collapse here on CZcams and other media.

  • @BrittneyPrice1029
    @BrittneyPrice1029 Před 2 lety +1

    This is the best description of what happen then any news reporter has given us

  • @theinvisibleneonrainbowzeb2567

    Thanks for this, clear explanation and not sensationalized, and I have something of a better understanding of what happened. Thanks for making this

  • @dukegreg
    @dukegreg Před 2 lety +45

    Excellent report, thank you. At 8.08, the section described as 'this sequence' 4: the video shows the southern sections of the remaining top floors all crack-like-a-stack-of-cookies at the same point and same time. Chilling and unforgettable. (Rest in Peace, with angel's wings)

  • @bewell4743
    @bewell4743 Před 2 lety +38

    Regardless if this unfolding sequence or the commentary is perfect, it brings a tremendous structure to build on. Thank you for the generous amount of time spent and thank you also for bring such a tone of dignity and respect to such an unspeakable moment in our lives.

    • @Delibro
      @Delibro Před 2 lety +1

      Very well said, I agree on all this. Many thanks.

  • @rontom7344
    @rontom7344 Před 2 lety

    Wow, I must say given it hasn't even been 2 months, the detailed description of the building's failure and collapse has been very well articulated. I would have expected this description at least a year after the event.

  • @maineskeptic5887
    @maineskeptic5887 Před 2 lety

    Thank you, Mike, for channeling your interest in a way that helps others understand what you think you're seeing. This is some talented and informative work.

  • @Badgersj
    @Badgersj Před 2 lety +186

    It's just desperately sad isn't it.

    • @gizzykatkat9687
      @gizzykatkat9687 Před 2 lety +4

      So sad, it makes me think about how I would be in a situation like that.

    • @cplcabs
      @cplcabs Před 2 lety +2

      Its more than that. The video showing the roof of the garage shows what you would expect in a building that has been abandoned for some time and left to rot. The people shown the video should have taken action, but obviously didn't.

    • @debiannebalmer8166
      @debiannebalmer8166 Před 2 lety

      @@cplcabs subsided stress may have occurred, that is what they are investigating, what happened.

    • @gizzykatkat9687
      @gizzykatkat9687 Před 2 lety +2

      @@cplcabs We all all just people, anger wont get anyone anywhere, lets just mourn the ones who suffered and are gone now

    • @julief634
      @julief634 Před 2 lety +3

      @@cplcabs Think back in the days of cavemen, that is what Florida is. Run by idiot politicians and total greed moronic cowards that have frontal lobes out to lunch 24/7.

  • @cryogeneric
    @cryogeneric Před 2 lety +26

    Fantastic recreation. Thanks so much! RIP to all who lost their lives.

  • @TimeQCelledor
    @TimeQCelledor Před 2 lety +3

    Outstanding video. My heart goes out to all those who were lost and loved ones. There's some comfort in the fact that this disaster served as a warning to us all. This collapse has people alert to the possibility, as well as what to look for, and will save countless other lives in the future.

  • @muhammadfatkhurrozi5289

    the effort you put in the making is enormous. Respect.

  • @sunshinegirl3716
    @sunshinegirl3716 Před 2 lety +45

    Didn't get through this video without a tear. These people had their dream home. Just want to say God bless to all families involved. Thanks for the explanation

    • @posterboyrob
      @posterboyrob Před 2 lety +2

      Dream homes? In 1970 as a kid I remember ocean water and rain water being an issue in these buildings. I'd been in this one several times. Not global warming. Poor foundation stupidity. I grew up on Miami Beach in a house on Indian Creek, as a thirteen year old I knew these places were not safe. I liked the balconies on this one though. They were real balconies and wrap around. A change from the 70's look.
      I lived at 28th and Collins in Triton Towers for two years overlooking the Beach during reseeding. Completely different construction.
      Cheapest contract bid buildings. That's what you get for a foundation. Little towns up and down the Beach side... corruption is how they run. Someones going to jail I hope.

    • @luciskies
      @luciskies Před 2 lety +1

      @@posterboyrob most folks who’ve never lived on Miami Beach don’t really know that. I grew up on 64th and Collins and during Hurricane season I’d see the ocean going crazy on the east and then the bay on the west. It’s awesome to visit but living on the beach has its issues. Especially since global warming is def getting worse (folks in Cali/PNW are literally burning.) So I don’t really see a house or condo on the beach here a dream home. FL is gonna flood at some point
      But yes you are right that some buildings are built better than others. All buildings should be built without cutting corners.

    • @matthewkornafel1059
      @matthewkornafel1059 Před 2 lety +1

      Death by number. Jesuit ritual sacrifice to distract the masses. Like all others.

    • @badmonkey2222
      @badmonkey2222 Před 2 lety +2

      @@posterboyrob the people for the most part that bought these condos didn't know any of that, most were from up North and out-of-state so your comments pretty irrelevant dude, to them it was their dream home.

    • @badmonkey2222
      @badmonkey2222 Před 2 lety +3

      @@matthewkornafel1059 take your meds and go back to bed.

  • @gaae2000
    @gaae2000 Před 2 lety +56

    It was built in the 80s during Miami's mafia/corruption era just like NYC. The city's civil engineer inspectors were bribed. They approved every single step of the construction from changes to the original building plan to the use of inferior building materials.

    • @neilkurzman4907
      @neilkurzman4907 Před 2 lety +9

      And yet you don’t know if there was any thing wrong with the actual construction of the building.

    • @VictorNewman201
      @VictorNewman201 Před 2 lety +12

      @@neilkurzman4907 Thats the thing, there are so many other building made by the cocaine dealer / real estate developers of the time, that are even worse shape and still standing. So something / someone pushed this particular building's problems over the edge.

    • @neilkurzman4907
      @neilkurzman4907 Před 2 lety +3

      @@DCOM20.
      We know? No you think you know. Built with cocaine money doesn’t mean it was built with cocaine. So since you know exactly why it failed what does that mean for the surrounding buildings. How can they be modified to ensure they don’t fall down for the same reason? You do understand the investigation is to determine that. That’s why we investigate accidents.

    • @jctell1014
      @jctell1014 Před 2 lety +8

      @@VictorNewman201 It appears that extensive water infiltration into the pool deck was the culprit...several people seem to believe this to be the problem.

    • @jainradhakrishnan6600
      @jainradhakrishnan6600 Před 2 lety +5

      40 years is a long time for a modern building to remain standing without proper maintenance, if it fell within 5 years of being built you might have a valid point, but enough time passed that both weather effects specifically corrosion, and lack of regular building maintenance probably are to blame. Had the preventative maintenance or repairs occurred earlier maybe this disaster could have been avoided.
      Imagine you drive a car without ever changing the oil or having the same tires on since 1979. Would you blame corrupt car markers of 1979 for your car breaking down in 2021? Probably not. If you own a home for any length of time, you know (or learn) how susceptible they are to the weather, leaks, cracks, issues over time and those issues need to be addressed or they multiply into costly repairs. Most single family home roofs have a 25 year lifespan before they need total replacement. Most single family homes do not collapse though because they carry less loads than an apartment building, but all the more importance to keep up with maintenance and repairs when hundreds of lives are on the line.

  • @rafaelgomez1989
    @rafaelgomez1989 Před 2 lety +4

    Great professional explanation while been very respectful to all victims and their families. Thank you !

  • @hughjaass3787
    @hughjaass3787 Před 2 lety +1

    T. Y. For this enlightening video with 3D animation. My great Uncle & Aunt lived (1995-98) in Surfside condo. I was just looking at old photos from there, mostly in pool and beach front. But still, its really eerie to look at them.

  • @t3true-games
    @t3true-games Před 2 lety +13

    Ive seen a few of these video already, yours is the best and most detailed in explanation. Makes you now look at older buildings a bit differently now for sure.

  • @miamisands3412
    @miamisands3412 Před 2 lety +67

    Just to ponder if this happened only a few hours earlier when everyone was awake and more people saw the pool deck sinking and concrete falling maybe someone could of pulled the fire alarm and more could of escaped.

    • @jayz4evr
      @jayz4evr Před 2 lety +12

      It's could have* professor not could of.

    • @megatuanis
      @megatuanis Před 2 lety +8

      I cringe to think that if this had happened during the day, when people are enjoying the pool deck or driving in and out of the garage, cameras would've caught people actually getting crushed. Some might think a garage collapse is all that was happening and might actually gather around to look, not realizing the rest of the building was next. Also, there would be no way for anyone to know in which direction to run, especially right before the first collapse. You just know something horrible is happening and chaos ensues. It's likely some people would've been at work or out and about. I can't imagine which time of day would've been worst, if there's such a thing. Regardless, to me this is still as horrible and shocking as the day it first happened.

    • @catpaws1196
      @catpaws1196 Před 2 lety +3

      @@jayz4evr
      So many people think it’s “ could of “. Drives me nuts. Lol.

    • @polarvortex3294
      @polarvortex3294 Před 2 lety +1

      @@catpaws1196 That's the way the contraction sounds, so there's some logic to the spelling.

    • @maciakittys1114
      @maciakittys1114 Před 2 lety +2

      @@megatuanis "Could have"
      of what??

  • @chelleflavorasmr8067
    @chelleflavorasmr8067 Před 2 lety +2

    This video was well done. Thank you!

  • @ozhs2
    @ozhs2 Před 2 lety +70

    honestly I'd inspect everything the company that built that has done over the last 15 years.

    • @danielritchie5066
      @danielritchie5066 Před 2 lety +3

      Salt water erosion did this not the company

    • @ozhs2
      @ozhs2 Před 2 lety +20

      @@danielritchie5066 Well i dont have other examples of apartment buildings collapsing because of salt erosion, so my statement still stands.

    • @lilmike2710
      @lilmike2710 Před 2 lety +14

      @@danielritchie5066 The company who built it was also aware of this fact just the same as you so...
      I'm not going to try and unpack your brief rebuttal there but damn... Seriously???
      "Ok heres your multiple story apartment building we built for you to rent to hundrends of people.. BUT..... It's close to a saltwater environment so it may or may not collapse. So if you would just endorse that 200 million dollar check now that would be great."
      Yea, no it dosen't work that way.
      The builders, the architects, and the buildings owners are all %100 responsible for this demonstration of greed and incompetence. The architects for not taking all things into consideration (including environmental erosion), the builders for not bringing the faulty design to the attention of building and zoning authorities, and the owners for neglecting to have the building inspected annually.. I would even go as far as to lay some blame on building and zoning/elected officials for neglecting to pass legislation that requires annual inspections of said structures.

    • @flupord9083
      @flupord9083 Před 2 lety +3

      @@danielritchie5066 Ok Daniel, sounds like you know what's up, really good point you make. Lets actually NOT investigate any other buildings, just because why not! No harm in not doing so :)
      The fuck is wrong with you?

    • @flupord9083
      @flupord9083 Před 2 lety +2

      Forgive me for my tone, but seriously. What do you gain from shutting down someone's safety precaution just for the sake of suggesting a non-factual statement?
      I'd assume you got the vaccine at least, yes?

  • @JeremyHalterman
    @JeremyHalterman Před 2 lety +8

    Informative, respectful, and not overly sensational. Thank you so much.

  • @worldsedge4991
    @worldsedge4991 Před 2 lety +14

    These are good animations showing several simulated points of view. Thank you for sharing and explaining.

  • @ktsevens
    @ktsevens Před 2 lety +1

    Excellent presentation. Truly could picture what happened.

  • @puglord5592
    @puglord5592 Před 2 lety

    Excellent video. Very Thorough and well put together. Thank you for putting the collapse into proper context.

  • @sherribrawn3757
    @sherribrawn3757 Před 2 lety +35

    It's going to be interesting when all that footage from the many cameras in, and around the condo building are finally released. Most likely be years, but I'm sure it will be just as shocking as the few we've already seen. That lady, and her children who escaped before the total collapse was so so fortunate, and to think of all those victims who had no clue what was going on just below them was just so sad..........

    • @Mike-Bell
      @Mike-Bell  Před 2 lety +17

      That CCTV footage is eagerly awaited. If it was retrieved from the lobby front desk or wherever the server was.

    • @sherribrawn3757
      @sherribrawn3757 Před 2 lety

      @@Mike-Bell I hope anyone who is responsible is punished accordingly, however I am more apt to believe it wasn't just one single element, but many smaller ones that culminated to to bring that building down.... RIP to all those who lost their lives, I wish some sort of peace to those in mourning right now.

  • @charlesduzzie9811
    @charlesduzzie9811 Před 2 lety +47

    The cars fell before the rest of the pool Deck. The planter fell into the garage 7minutes before the rest of the building fell. There were small steps in the beginning, then the collapse.

    • @hellen70666666
      @hellen70666666 Před 2 lety +43

      ....Plus, One guy on TV News, said he talked to his Mother the Day before, and she said she Kept hearing Noises in the Apartment----but, he just dismissed her as just getting old----So something was happening with the Structure, at least 24 Hours before....Totally Sad Event.......:(

    • @fredflintstone5356
      @fredflintstone5356 Před 2 lety +13

      This is a learning scenario for everyone. It doesn’t matter what building you’re in, if you hear several noises that shouldn’t be there then get out of the building. Sadly though you don’t want to be that person who pulls the fire alarm to try and save everyone and then nothing happen, or something delayed happens and the next time people just ignore it. Maybe people should be more diligent on asking for the building inspection reports before they decide to buy said condo or building. I know when I bought my home I paid for an inspection before I committed. That being said, there are also a lot of new buildings getting built faster and done cheaper, my cousin bought a brand new house that had 5 year warrenty and literally just after the warrenty ended, his attached garage became a detached garage and separated from the house. It was an expensive fix and at his cost. We also had a five 5 story condos that were only 8 years old here in my town and when they got inspected, all 5 had defects and were immediately abandoned. People were forced out and were not allowed to enter the building to get their personal belongings. That being said 2 years later the buildings were still standing and they tore down those buildings with people’s personal stuff in them. I have a friend who lost everything and he still had to pay a mortgage on a condo that he was kicked out of and still after it was tore down he still had to pay for the mortgage. There is still an ongoing lawsuit but $20k given to everyone so far doesn’t cover a $350,000 condo. This is in Canada by the way.

    • @yukonsusie
      @yukonsusie Před 2 lety +4

      Fred Flintstone in Canada?! Aaah! So sorry to hear these starriest, but thanks for the reality check.

    • @KayInMaine
      @KayInMaine Před 2 lety +2

      @@hellen70666666 Yes, one woman who survived said it sounded like metal pipes banging together. That's how she described the sound she was hearing.

  • @siriosstar4789
    @siriosstar4789 Před 2 lety +2

    excellent video . well thought out and presented .

  • @druvik2052
    @druvik2052 Před 2 lety

    astonishing work. best vid on youtube about this tragedy. thanks alot.
    🎀

  • @TamaraGalica
    @TamaraGalica Před 2 lety +7

    Mike, once again your animation and explanation makes perfect sense. Thanks for your insight

  • @bluecali4na
    @bluecali4na Před 2 lety +64

    Why didn’t the front desk pull the fire alarm. So frustrating if they saw the whole thing caved in outside.

    • @k53847
      @k53847 Před 2 lety +12

      Fire alarm was apparently activated by the damage in the garage, there was a 911 call by the monitoring company reporting this a few minutes before the collapse. Not sure of details beyond this, like if this should have or did activate the audible alarm.

    • @whirlwind8825
      @whirlwind8825 Před 2 lety +3

      @@k53847 Never happened. The system does not dial 911. The broken pipe is not a sprinkler pipe its PVC

    • @7YBzzz4nbyte
      @7YBzzz4nbyte Před 2 lety +7

      I guess the time was too short, they didn't know what they were looking at. The time lag was only a few minutes.

    • @gymeni
      @gymeni Před 2 lety +13

      Might be a little deeper than that. A friend of mine lived in a new apartment building. An electrical fire broke out in her apartment while she happened to be home (the smoke detectors never alerted, even as smoke billowed) and, as she frantically escaped, calling 911 at the same time, she was told NOT to pull the fire alarms. That was always super suspect to me.

    • @whirlwind8825
      @whirlwind8825 Před 2 lety +2

      @@7YBzzz4nbyte In order for the people that say the pool deck collapsed to be right the fire alarm would have gone off. Its a complex system. It does not dial 911 it sends signals. The two narratives are this. The roof was overloaded with roofing materials and caused the collapse . This puts the city at fault. The pool deck collapse puts the condo at fault . Had the pool deck collapsed 7 minutes before the building it would have triggered the fire alarm. Set off strobes in the entire building along with alarms. And then sent a signal to the monitoring station - that would relay that to the fire department directly.. (not through 911).

  • @bleach8888
    @bleach8888 Před 2 lety +5

    I heard that their is a report from a condo official, who said the building will collapse if it wasn't repaired soon. That was months before it collapsed. So, people knew it had structural problems, and that they were significant. I'm not sure why no one followed up on it, could've saved alot of lives.

  • @AdroitJake
    @AdroitJake Před 2 lety +1

    I didn't plan on watching this whole video.....but you did such a great job I accidentally did! Well done

  • @pamfrank3962
    @pamfrank3962 Před 2 lety +6

    Excellent presentation and visual effects 👏. Thank you for sharing your knowledge with us

  • @sonval3997
    @sonval3997 Před 2 lety +6

    Great video: short, concise, precise, easy to understand = perfect!

  • @markb.1259
    @markb.1259 Před 2 lety

    A+++ analysis!!! The video work is Awesome!!! Likely a HIGHLY accurate account of how this tragedy actually occurred. Thank you!!!

  • @atosvcultd
    @atosvcultd Před 2 lety +1

    Thank you for uploading!

  • @freshenuf1
    @freshenuf1 Před 2 lety +13

    Extraordinary animation! Well done presentation.

  • @terry94131
    @terry94131 Před 2 lety +3

    Very well put together Mike, thank you.

  • @abelis644
    @abelis644 Před 2 lety

    Fantastic video!!!
    I will watch it again!
    Thank you.

  • @pallen9044
    @pallen9044 Před 2 lety +1

    Knowledge is light in dark times. I now have a clearer understanding of this terrible event. Thank you for posting a compassionate and thoughtful piece.