It was hardly surprising that more than 40 of them were Jewish, After all, nearly one-third of the 5,600 population of Surfside — the up-market Miami Beach suburb where the disaster happened — are Jews.

In front of me, bulldozers were still levelling the ground on which the Champlain Towers South condo complex once proudly stood.

I closed my eyes as I tried to picture the nightmare scene when so many innocents were crushed in their beds in the early hours of June 24.

And I found myself reciting the Kaddish memorial prayer for all those lost holy souls.

A few other bystanders bowed their heads in respect. Perhaps they had made a special journey to do so. Or just felt the urge pull over as they motored along the coastal highway.

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