Federal investigators zero in on deadly condo collapse cause in Surfside, Fla.

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Federal investigators zero in on deadly condo collapse cause in Surfside, Fla.
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Two years ago, 98 people died with the Champlain Towers South condo building partially collapsed. Federal investigators have been looking into the flaws in the building's pool deck.

a progress report

The team now has also found problems in how the concrete columns that supported the building were constructed. At a meeting at NIST headquarters in Maryland, Bell said,"These additional construction deviations further reduce the strength of the pool deck slab-to-column connections from the already compromised conditions that I reported in June.

Investigators made a plea to former residents and members of the public to come forward with any photos or video they may have of the building's collapse. At the meeting, Bell showed stills of a video recovered from a motion activated camera that has provided investigators with intriguing information in the final moments as the building collapsed.

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