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A message from our President

In Memory of All of Those Impacted by the Collapse

of the Champlain Towers South Condo

Over the last few days, we have been following the efforts of federal, state, and made aware and began using the developed com-
local officials to find more survivors of the collapsed condominium. In modern munications channels to ensure that adequate
times in this country, we have rarely seen the destruction that has now been resources were made available to support the
memorialized by local, national, and international media. Honestly, in the response.
United States, we just don’t expect to see such failure. While we can be assured that ample resources
It is during these times when we see government operating at its best. From are in place to respond to this disaster, the poten-
the first call to 9-1-1 about the collapse, a thoughtfully developed and exercised tial loss in human life is something that will
process was put into place to respond to this catastrophe. That call set in motion require time for those impacted families to recov-
responses by several local agencies, predominantly municipal and county fire er from, I can’t imagine. Hospitals in Miami-Dade
rescue and police agencies, who responded to the scene and initiated search and County responded to the event and provided
rescue operations where they assessed the scene to ensure it was safe, began vitally needed care to the survivors and they will
triaging and caring for patients, and started searching for other survivors. continue to provide care as the Surfside commu-
As the effort progressed, additional resources were requested through county nity begins to heal.
emergency management organizations. Assessments were shared from the scene Our sympathies are with all of those affected
of the disaster with emergency management and that information was shared including the first responders who witnessed and Jaime Caldwell
with local leaders and with the state emergency management. That information responded to the destruction. We are a communi-
was then shared with response agencies in the federal government. All were ty and we will survive and grow stronger as a result of this tragedy.

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