Miami firefighter who scoured rubble of Surfside collapse to find daughter's body sues condo board, alleges officials knew about building's 'deplorable conditions' for years The Miami firefighter who pulled out his dead 7-year-old daughter from the Surfside building collapse is suing the condo board responsible for the property Enrique Arango filed a wrongful death lawsuit in Miami-Dade Circuit Court on Tuesday for his daughter Estella Cattarossi, who died in the collapse Building officials knew about 'deplorable conditions' at the property, including seawater in the garage, for years leading up to the tragedy, the suit states At 1:30am on June 24, just five minutes after the tower fell, Arango was at the firehouse when he heard about the then-burgeoning rescue effort over radio 98 deaths have been confirmed after the 12-story building collapsed on June 24 Arango placed his fireman's jacket over his deceased daughter before putting a miniature American flag on the gurney as her body was wheeled away
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Estella Cattarossi, 7, was killed when the Champlain Towers South collapsed on June 24
The Miami firefighter who recovered his 7-year-old daughter's body while scouring rubble from the Surfside building collapse filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the property's condo board in Miami-Dade Circuit Court.
Enrique Arango's lawsuit, which was filed Tuesday and lists several companies 'involved in the ownership, maintenance, restoration, management, inspection and oversight' of Champlain Towers South as defendants, is seeking unspecified damages, according to first-responders news website Firehouse.
Arango's daughter, Estella Cattarossi, lived in unit 501 at Champlain Towers South with her mother, Graciella, and her