‘Dark pit of pain’: families grieve victims lost to unimaginable in condo collapse

Details emerge of lives separate and diverse from a wide range of nationalities and religions - but also inextricably intertwined

The names of the victims from the Surfside condo disaster have so far come at a slow yet steady trickle. But behind each of the names comes a story, of love and compassion; of family and deep friendships; and of a once tight-knit community in a south Florida condo block lost to the unimaginable.

They include a couple married for six decades, who were the rocks of their family as parents, grandparents and later as great-grandparents; a young man who achieved his dream as a graphic designer despite the challenges of muscular dystrophy, and his mother who dedicated her life to caring for him.