To honor the 98 Surfside condo victims, say their names, remember their lives | Editorial
A year ago today, in one of South Florida’s most horrific tragedies, 98 residents of Champlain Towers South died when their 12-story beachfront condo inexplicably collapsed at 1:22 a.m. on June 24, 2021.
To mark the first anniversary, the Editorial Board is publishing the names of the victims. It’s our way of ensuring that they, and the lives they lived, are not forgotten.
SECOND FLOOR
#204
LUIS FERNANDO BARTH
CATALINA GÓMEZ
daughter VALERIA BARTH
#211
RAYMOND and MERCEDES URGELLES
#212
HARRY ROSENBERG
LISA ‘MALKY’ WEISZ
BENNY WEISZ
THIRD FLOOR
#302
ARNOLD ‘ARNIE’
and MYRIAM CASPI NOTKIN
#304
ANGELA and JULIO VELASQUEZ
daughter THERESA VELASQUEZ
#311
VISHAL and BHAVNA PATEL
daughter AISHANI PATEL
#312
RICHARD ‘RICKY’
and MARÍA TERESA ‘MAITUCA’ ROVIROSA
FOURTH FLOOR
#401
MARINA RESTREPO AZEN
#403
ANDRES LEVINE
MOISES RODAN
#404
MARIA POPA and MIHAI RADULESCU
#410
CASSONDRA ‘CASSIE’ STRATTON
#411
FRANCIS PLASENCIA
MARGARITA ‘MAGGIE’ VASQUEZ BELLO
ROSA SAEZ
#412
MIGUEL PAZOS
MICHELLE PAZOS
ANASTASIA GROMOVA
FIFTH FLOOR
#501
GRACIELA PONCE DE LEÓN
GINO CATTAROSSI
daughters ANDREA and GRACIELA
granddaughter STELLA
#510
GABRIELA CAMOU
MIGUEL KAUFMANN
#512
ALFREDO LEONE
son LORENZO LEONE
SIXTH FLOOR
#602
HILDA NORIEGA
#603
JUDY SPIEGEL
#604
ESTELLE HEDAYA
SEVENTH FLOOR
#702
FRANK KLEIMAN
ANA ORTIZ
LUIS BERMÚDEZ
#703
RUSLAN MANASHIROV
NICOLE DORAN-MANASHIROV
#704
LEON and CHRISTINA BEATRIZ ELVIRA OLIWKOWICZ
#712
NANCY KRESS LEVIN
son JAY KLEIMAN
EIGHTH FLOOR
#801
MANUEL LAFONT
ANDREAS GIANNITSOPOULOS
#802
MARCUS GUARA
ANAELY RODRIGUEZ
daughters LUCIA and EMMA GUARA
#803
ANDRÉS GALFRASCOLI
FABIÁN NÚÑEZ
daughter SOFÍA
#804
LUIS SADOVNIC
NICOLE ‘NICKY’ LANGESFELD
#811
DEBORAH BEREZDIVIN
ILAN NAIBRYF
NINTH FLOOR
#901
BONNIE and DAVID EPSTEIN
#903
ANTONIO and GLADYS LOZANO
#904
EDGAR GONZALEZ
#910
ORESME ‘GIL’ and BEATRIZ ‘BETTY’ GUERRA
#911
MAGALY ELENA DELGADO
#912
GONZALO and MARIA TORRE
TENTH FLOOR
#1001
CLAUDIO BONNEFOY
MARICOY ‘MARIA’ OBIAS-BONNEFOY
#1002
STACIE FANG
#1010
SOPHIA LÓPEZ MOREIRA
LUIS PETTENGILL
children ALEXIA MARIA
ANNA SOPHIA
LUIS III
LEIDY VANESSA LUNA VILLALBA
#1011
ANA and JUAN MORA SR.
son JUAN MORA JR.
ELEVENTH FLOOR
#1101
MICHAEL ALTMAN
#1104
INGRID ‘ITTY’ TZVI AINSWORTH
#1110
GARY COHEN
BRAD COHEN
#1111
GLORIA MACHADO
TWELFTH FLOOR
PENTHOUSE
#1203
SIMON SEGAL
#1204
LINDA MARCH
#1210
ELAINE SABINO
RICHARD AUGUSTINE
#1211
ELENA BLASSER
ELENA CHAVEZ