Patrick Daniel Law Leading Volunteer Efforts in Surfside, Fla.

Law firm staff collecting donations, serving meals to first responders

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Jun 29, 2021, 13:40 ET

SURFSIDE, Fla., June 29, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Patrick Daniel Law, in partnership with Circus Eats, CASA Church, and Vanessa Brito of HuffPost, will serve meals Tuesday to first responders, fire and rescue workers, and others on the front line of the rescue efforts at the collapsed Champlain Towers South condominium. The Circus Eats food truck is preparing chicken tenders, french fries, and fried Oreos for the brave men and women trying to save more lives.

Lunch will be prepared starting at 2 p.m. EDT Tuesday up and down Collins Avenue from 89th to 94th streets. Up to 400 first responders are expected to be served.

MAKING A DIFFERENCE
The Surfside collapse is certainly not a mystery to the nation. What is lesser known are those groups that are boots on the ground helping out in any way possible. From a hug for an aggrieved victim to a bottle of water for a police officer, helping is a moving target right now.

Attorney Patrick Daniel and his wife, Nicolette Daniel, decided to volunteer at the site of the Surfside condo collapse in the wake of a personal tragedy. Nicolette, the Chief Strategic Officer at Patrick Daniel Law, recently suffered the sudden loss of her mother.

"One day she was there and the next she wasn't," Nicolette said. On seeing the rescue efforts in Surfside on the news, she told Patrick, "I know the pain of shock and fear and I knew what they needed. We cannot be afraid and look away. I needed to say, WE can do this, and you can hold my hand.

"I wanted to try and ease the pain and make even a small difference."

Putting the business at the law firm on hold, Patrick and Nicolette contacted their staff and friends to invite anyone who wanted to try to make a difference to pack their bags, make arrangements, and go to Surfside without a return date.

Unsure of what they could do, what they would encounter and might find, or who to even approach, they started the process. Starting with water, they escalated their efforts based on police, first responder, victim advocate, and fire and rescue requests from the front lines.

The help progressed based on the specific requests from the brave men and women looking for the victims – over 150 of them unaccounted for at the time. Bottled water turned into gum, deodorant, snacks, energy drinks, sunscreen, lip balm, and ponchos.

The Patrick Daniel Law team partnered with the efforts at Casa Church and went to "ground zero" together. They saw the incident site from a firsthand perspective – it was horrifying, resembling a warzone.

"Nothing I had ever seen was like it," said Patrick Daniel, a catastrophic injury attorney. "It resonated with me and scared me – I cannot imagine the fear experienced by those victims of the disaster."

Patrick, who has handled cases involving traumatic brain injuries, spinal cord injuries, amputation, and wrongful death, has been shaken by the devastation at the site of the condo collapse.

"I have seen some really sad things in my time as an attorney," he said, "but nothing compares to what is going here in Surfside."

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