BAY HARBOR ISLANDS, Fla. — Over at Church by the Sea in Bay Harbor Islands, a more than 5-minute drive from the fallen Champlain Towers condo complex, Charlie Newton bowed his head in prayer for the missing and the dead.
Foremost on his mind were Arnie and Myriam Notkin, an older couple who lived on the third floor and who remain unaccounted for after the collapse.
Arnie Notkin, a former physical education teacher at Fienberg-Fischer K-8 Center, was a friend of his parents. When Newton grew older, he and Notkin served together on the board of directors for the Miami Beach Police Athletic League.
“Everyone knows Arnie Notkin,” said Newton, 50, of Surfside,