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Jun 26, 2021 • 7 tweets • 5 min read • Read on X
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Before and after images reveal the extent of devastation in Surfside FL. nbcnews.com/news/us-news/i… ImageImage
Three years ago, an engineer found “major structural damage” and “abundant” cracking of columns and beams at the Champlain Towers South condo building in Surfside FL.

Repairs were scheduled to begin soon.

nytimes.com/2021/06/26/us/… Image
Heartbreaking.
#Surfside photos via @nytimes
nytimes.com/2021/06/24/us/… ImageImage
‘This is a gut-wrenching scene.’ How to help victims of the #Surfside condo collapse. miamiherald.com/news/local/com…
Florida’s building code is among the strictest in the nation.

Now.

But most of Miami-Dade residential towers, like Champlain Towers in #Surfside, were built before codes were toughtened after Hurricane Andrew in 1990.

miamiherald.com/news/business/… Image
Anxious Residents of Sister Tower to Collapsed Florida Condo Wonder: Stay or Go? nytimes.com/2021/06/26/us/… Image
US agency that investigated the destruction of the Twin Towers on 9/11 will probe the collapse of Champlain Towers condo. miamiherald.com/news/local/com… Image

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Jun 19, 2023
Titanic tourist sub goes missing, sparking search; number of passengers is unknown. bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-…
Coast Guard reports 5 people were aboard missing submersible that carries tourists to the wreckage of the Titanic, according to @guardian.
*Website of company that runs the tours says this was an 8-day expedition.
*Cost is reported to be $250,000/person.
theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/j… Image
@guardian Missing submersible is made of five-inch-thick carbon fiber, with titanium domes on each end, according to @CBSNews, which profiled the tourism venture, OceanGate.

"It's a very unusual business," said the CEO. "It's a new type of travel."

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Apr 14, 2022
Russian cruiser Moskva is hit by 2 Ukraine missiles, according to Ukraine southern military command.
*Ukraine says Black Sea attack has caused the Moskva to start sinking.
*Russia denies that the ship was hit, saying it was “seriously damaged" in a fire.
theguardian.com/world/live/202…
Russian sailors have evacuated the sticken warship Moskva. The loss of the ship is considered a massive blow to the Russian navy. cnn.com/2022/04/14/eur…
"The Moskva, with a crew of almost 700, is the pride of the Russian naval fleet in the Black Sea.”
*If indeed Ukraine hit the ship with Neptune missiles, it would represent a significant expansion of the besieged country’s defensive capabilities.
nytimes.com/live/2022/04/1…
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Apr 13, 2022
UKRAINE update:
*Russia claims that 1,026 Ukraine soldiers have surrendered in Mariupol; no comment from Kyiv yet.
*Satellite images show big Russian military buildup in the east.
*Biden accuses Putin of committing "genocide.” Macron won’t go that far.
theguardian.com/world/live/202…
20 Bushmaster armorored personnel carriers arrive in Ukraine after being sent from Australia. nytimes.com/live/2022/04/1…
Ukraine security service captures Russian oligarch, Viktor Medvedchuk.
*President Zelensky offers to exchange Putin’s ally for Ukrainians captured by Russia.
*Zelensky: “Let Medvedchuk be an example for you. We will get everyone.”
nytimes.com/live/2022/04/1…
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Mar 26, 2022
Another Russian general is killed by Ukraine military.
*Lieut. Gen. Yakov Rezantsev was killed in a strike near the southern city of Kherson, according to Ukraine defense ministry.
*He is the 7th Russian general to die as a result of Putin’s invasion.
bbc.com/news/world-eur…
Western officials say mutinous Russian troops ran over their own commander with a tank.
*It is unclear whether the colonel had been killed.
theguardian.com/world/2022/mar…
These are the generals Russia has lost in its Ukraine invasion. via @guardian: theguardian.com/world/live/202…
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Mar 24, 2022
Ukraine from above: Powerful drone footage after a month of war. via @BBCNews bbc.com/news/av/world-… Image
Worried Russians Stockpile Medicine As Supplies Run Thin And Prices Rise. rferl.org/a/russia-medic…
New evidence points to this superyacht, the Scheherazade, as belonging to Vladimir Putin.
*$700 million boat is now anchored at the Marina di Carrara port in Tuscany. rferl.org/a/putin-yacht-… Image
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Mar 4, 2022
UKRAINE day 9:
*Russian forces attack and seize the largest nuclear power plant in Europe.
*Western powers condemn Russia for "horrific" and "reckless” act.
*Officials say the site is safe, but attack could’ve been catastrophic.
bbc.com/news/live/worl…
Ukraine President Zelensky accuses Russia of “nuclear terror.”

“No country other than Russia has ever fired on nuclear power units. This is the first time in our history, in the history of mankind, the terrorist state now resorted to nuclear terror.”

theguardian.com/world/2022/mar…
UK Deputy PM Dominic Raab suggests that property of Russian elites could be turned over to Ukraine refugees.
theguardian.com/world/2022/mar…
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