Building collapse

Some 16 families were removed from a building in Holon after an explosion was heard and cracks were discovered in the building.

Ilan was, simply put, a good kid. Even as a freshman, he was a star soccer player and a laser-fast runner. His smile lit up the room, and he was kind, curious and had boundless energy.

The Jiangsu provincial government has launched an investigation to discover the cause of the disaster.

The image itself, shows an Israeli search and rescue officer passing of a stack of religious Jewish books to a South Florida Urban Search and Rescue worker after pulling it from the rubble.

Rabbi Sholom Lipskar of the Shul of Bal Harbour in Surfside was interviewed as he awaited information on missing congregants and worked to provide aid to the community.

Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava signed an order calling for the immediate demolition of the building and it could happen as soon as Sunday, officials said.

There are 124 people still missing and feared buried beneath tons of pulverized concrete, twisted metal and splintered lumber.

While investigators have not concluded what caused nearly half of the 40-year-old high-rise to suddenly collapse, reports indicate that deep structural problems were known and ignored.

Charles Burkett recalled his encounter with a girl of about 11 or 12, sitting alone, as she read a Jewish prayer from her phone outside of Champlain Towers South, which fell Thursday morning.

Across the street and across the ocean, Jews came together to bring relief to a crowded little beachside community devastated by a sudden unfathomable loss.