The Collapse of Champlain Towers

<p>A few years ago, engineers sounded alarm bells about Champlain Towers, a residential building in Surfside, Fla. Last week, disaster struck and the towers collapsed. At least 11 residents have been confirmed dead and 150 more are still unaccounted for.</p><p>What caused the building to fail, and why are so many people still missing?</p><p>Guest: <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/by/patricia-mazzei">Patricia Mazzei</a>, the Miami bureau chief for The New York Times. </p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/newsletters/signup/NTTD?smid=pc-thedaily">Sign up here</a> to get The Daily in your inbox each morning. And for an exclusive look at how the biggest stories on our show come together, <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/newsletters/the-daily?module=inline">subscribe to our newsletter</a>. </p><p>Background reading: </p><ul><li>The collapse of Champlain Towers may be one of the deadliest accidental collapses in American history.<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/24/us/miami-surfside-building-collapse.html"> Here are the key facts</a>.</li><li>Some engineers looking at the building’s failure said that the collapse appeared to have<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/27/us/miami-building-investigation-clues.html"> begun somewhere near the bottom</a> of the structure.</li></ul><p>For more information on today’s episode, visit <a href="http://nytimes.com/thedaily?smid=pc-thedaily">nytimes.com/thedaily</a>.</p><p>Transcripts of each episode will be made available by the next workday.</p>