Families gather to remember those who died in Surfside condo collapse

Tuesday marks four years since the Champlain Towers South condominium collapsed in Surfside, killing 98 people and becoming one of the deadliest structural failures in U.S. history.

On Tuesday morning, families gathered for a Lighting of the Torch Ceremony at Veterans Park at 1:22 a.m., the time condo fell.

Deven Gonzalez said she was in her condo, on the 9th floor, when the building collapsed. She described the floor falling away. Gonzalez is one of three survivors that made it out alive, her father, Edgar Gonzalez, did not. She said she’s still dealing with her own trauma and the unimaginable grief…

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