In the months that followed, life in Surfside slowly returned to normal, but residents say their community of 5,600 people will be forever scarred by the tragedy.
Nearly one year ago, the tiny town of Surfside became a disaster zone.
“You kind of get through it and you live your life and you get up every day. But I think people are, to different degrees, dealing with the effects of it,” said Hillary Feldman, who moved to Surfside from Pittsburgh with her husband eight years ago. Banners bearing the names and ages of those who died in the collapse now hang along the fence of the site at 8777 Collins Ave.‘Short attention span’
“Nobody ever exactly knew where it was,” he said. “It was nice to be off the map a little bit. Now that’s certainly not the case.”Vildostegui said he remembers when the Champlain Towers South was built. TheThe fallout from the collapse seemed to touch every corner of the half-square-mile town. His new neighbor told him her friend died in the building. The mother of his lifelong friend said she went to school in Cuba with another victim.
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