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"A collapse at a condominium in Cocoa Beach could have been a whole lot worse.Construction workers removed a 15,000-pound balcony that fell Tuesday.Officials said the balcony at the Villa Verde complex crashed to the one below it without warning.  There was no wind gust, no extra weight and certainly no earthquake to cause the collapse.No one was on either balcony when it happened.People who live in the building say the condo association has pressured them not to talk.The man who owns the condo spoke to WESH 2 News off camera and said he is glad to be alive.  He said his grandchildren had been on the balcony celebrating Easter.  He said he had been there himself a few hours before the collapse, having morning coffee.Workers carefully removed the broken balcony, which had pivoted down like it was on a hinge.  Now, the question is whether the other residents of the building can safely be on their balconies.  Brevard County's chief building official visited the complex.\"We are currently under investigation of what the causes are here,\" said building official Michael McCaughin.  \"There will be forensics done on the steel and the condition of the existing balconies and also the collapsed balcony.\"The preliminary take is that the problem is likely confined to just the one balcony.  The owner of the condo says he'll continue living there and avoiding stepping out his third-floor glass door while repairs are made. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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