Relatives of the Surfside victims are still awaiting word on the official cause of the collapse killing ninety-eight people. Mayor Charles Burkett says the town spent millions to bring in the premier expert who investigated the Pentagon attack after 9-11 but was blocked. The latest report focuses on the possible failures of slab-column connections in the pool deck, weakened columns in the tower, and failure of joints connecting the slabs in the columns. A class-action lawsuit filed by victims’ families was settled for just under $1 billion.