Investigation: Lax enforcement leaves South Florida condos at risk, Surfside catastrophe reveals msn.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from msn.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
REVEALED: Developers of doomed Miami condo tower were accused of PAYING OFF officials to get permits as Miami urges inspections of all buildings taller than six stories and over 40 years old within 45 days
Developers of the Miami tower that collapsed were previously accused by building rivals of paying off officials to get permits, according to a Washington Post investigation
The developers bypassed a construction moratorium in 1979 by agreeing to pick up half of the $400,000 sewer repair tab
Other developers, whose projects were still stalled, believed the tower s developers were getting preferential treatment and accused of them paying off officials in campaign donations
Authorities identified Antonio Lozano, 83, his wife Gladys Lozano, 79, Manny Lafont, 54 and Stacy Fang, 54, as four of the five people who died in the deadly Miami condo collapse.
Faces of the missing: Surgeon and his adopted daughter, a Bay of Pigs veteran and a woman who called her husband screaming as the Miami condo collapsed are among 156 people still unaccounted for
Officials said they were finding remains of humans on the site where 12 stories came crashing down on top of each other - and they were turning to DNA technology to determine peoples identities
There was still hope that people would be found in air pockets in the rubble, which throughout Saturday still smoldered and even caught fire, but as time goes on, the mood has gotten more ominous
Miami condo collapse death toll rises to at least nine dailymail.co.uk - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from dailymail.co.uk Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.