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A crowd gathered at Veterans Park in Surfside on Wednesday to mark a grim and tragic milestone: five years since the sudden and catastrophic collapse of the Champlain Towers South condominium building.

Federal investigators have found that the deadly collapse of a Florida beachfront condominium actually started weeks before it left a massive pile of rubble. The 2021 collapse in the middle of the night left 98 people dead. The National Institute of Standards and Technology said in a report released Monday that two connections between garage columns and the pool deck started to fail in early June.

A new report confirms preliminary findings that the partial collapse of the Champlain Towers South Building in 2021 likely originated from the pool deck rather than the tower itself, according to the federal agency in charge of the investigation.

Federal officials say the swimming pool deck of the Champlain Towers South condo that collapsed two years ago failed to comply with original building codes and standards.

Investigators with the National Institute of Standards and Technology will begin testing concrete cores and reinforcing steel in a search for answers from the Champlain Towers South condo collapse.

Hundreds of claims on the more than $1 billion settlement from the Champlain Towers South litigation have been tossed out as phony.

A year ago this past Friday, the Champlain Towers South condominium collapsed in Surfside. Many first responders who searched for weeks to find victims are still struggling with what they saw, smelled and heard.

Friday marks one year since the collapse of the Champlain Towers south condo in Surfside that killed 98 people. This morning loved ones of the victims gathered at the site of the collapse for a vigil.

Jonah Handler’s miraculous rescue from one of the deadliest building collapses in U.S. history might seem to have an obvious parallel, given his name. For his father and others, the rescue brings to mind the Old Testament tale of the prophet Jonah.

Attorneys who worked to secure settlements topping $1 billion in the collapse of a beachfront Florida condominium building in which 98 people died are requesting about $100 million in fees and costs, according to a new court filing.

A federal investigation into the Champlain Towers South building collapse likely won’t conclude until 2024.

A judge in Miami has given his initial approval to a roughly $1 billion deal for the families of the 98 victims of the Champlain Towers South collapse in Surfside last year. The victims' ages at the time of the collapse will play a huge role in deciding how much money their families will get.