In today’s episode of This Day in Miami History, those impacted by the disaster at Champlain Towers in Surfside remain in our prayers. We break format to take a look back at August 5, 1974, the previous most deadly building collapse in Miami-Dade County history.

Please consider supporting a charitable cause helping in Surfside, or visit https://supportsurfside.org/ to find out how you can help.

To learn more about today’s topic, consider reading the article “After A DEA Building Collapsed In 1974, Engineer Created Recertification Program To Prevent Future Disasters” by Jenny Staletovich of WLRN.