The building owners didn't fix the problem when it was identified.

That's the way people are.

And there are many many miles of similar buildings owned by similar people up one side of Florida, down the other, and around the Big Bend.

Each built on sand.

Each sprayed with salt from the sea.

And every one of them built to meet code..."meets code" being the worst possible legal construction.

The only thing unusual about the building that collapsed is that it was the first.