Family members of those killed in the Surfside condo collapse and developers are at odds over a memorial, another test in how the nation commemorates victims at tragic locations.
Attorneys representing victims of the Champlain Towers South collapse announced that after working with a mediator, they reached a tentative deal of $997 million for the wrongful death claimants.
A judge in Miami on Wednesday heard that a $997 million settlement had been reached between relatives of the Surfside condo collapse victims, and multiple defendants.
Miami-Dade County has suggested disposing of some Champlain Towers South condo building remnants that they deem no longer have evidentiary value, but a number of victims' family members worry that human remains could still be in that rubble that's stored outdoors in Doral.
Estelle Hedaya, 54, was so light inside her casket that her best friend Lisa Shrem said she could lift it with her pinkie. Like the others who died in the condo collapse, most of her remains are missing.