Florida Grand Jury to Probe How to Prevent Disasters Like Champlain Towers Building Collapse

Search and rescue team members climb the rubble of the Champlain Towers South condo in Surfside, Fla., on July 7, 2021. Al Diaz/Miami Herald via AP

A grand jury in Florida will explore ways to prevent future disasters like the tragic collapse of the Champlain Towers condo building last month, which left dozens of people dead.

In a July 7 statement, Miami-Dade State Attorney Katherine Fernandez Rundle said she has called on members of the Spring Term Miami-Dade County Grand Jury to “look into how we can prevent such a disaster from occurring again, not just in Surfside, and not just in condominiums, but in all buildings and structures in the coastal, intercoastal, and surrounding areas of our county, state, and nation.”