Indian origin family is missing in the Florida building collapse

An Indian origin family was also among the 159 people missing after the collapse of the Champlain Towers condo complex in Surfside, Florida, according to reports.

Relatives of 38-year-old Bhavna Patel, a British and US citizen, told Sky News that she, her husband Vishal Patel, 42, and one-year-old child Aishani Patel are missing since the collapse.

They chose to move to the Champlain Towers because of the beautiful view of the white sands and Atlantic Ocean, the report said.

‘We are supporting the family of a British woman following the residential building collapse in Miami and our consulate in Miami is in contact with the local authorities conducting the search and rescue operation,’ the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) said.

‘They were angels,’ their close friend Vishal Abash told Sky News, ‘and now maybe God has come to reclaim his angels.’
They lived in the apartment numbered 311.
The complex was built in 1981 with 130 units. 55 units have been completely destroyed.

Shimon Wdowinski, a professor in the Department of Earth and Environment, says he identified in a study in 2020 that the building had been sinking by 2mm a year in the 1990s.