His 25-year-old stepdaughter, Tayler, had left the condo just hours before the disaster. Edgar's body was recovered July 8. He was 44. His 71-year-old mother is desolate, still trying to understand how such a thing could happen, but determined to carry on her son's legacy of strength and love.

Did anyone survive the condo collapse?

As many as nine victims, or about 10% of the death toll, remained alive and buried under the mountains of debris after parts of the 12-story residential building in Surfside, a quiet neighborhood just outside of Miami Beach, caved in on June 24 around 1:25 a.m. According to fire logs obtained by USA Today, one woman ...

Who survived Surfside collapse?

The family's condo was on the ninth floor of the 12-story Champlain Towers South in Surfside, Florida. Initially, 150 people were thought to be missing. "That was a very difficult night," Scheinhaus said. But her mother, Angela Gonzalez, and her sister, Deven Gonzalez, did survive.