Tyler Herro donates supplies at site of Miami building collapse

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The biggest story nationally today is the partial collapse of a 12-story beachfront condominium building in Surfside, Florida near Miami. Rescue efforts are ongoing, with one person pronounced dead, ten people injured, and almost 100 people reported missing.

With his Miami community in need, former Cat Tyler Herro did not hesitate to help out. Videos of Herro and Heat assistant coaches Chris Quinn and Eric Glass dropping off supplies at the site surfaced online this afternoon. According to the Associated Press, the trio heard the news during a workout this morning and dropped what they were doing to provide assistance, handing out food and water and arranging for accommodations for those displaced by the collapse.

Miami Heat player Tyler Herro and assistant coach Chris Quinn just arrived near scene of partially collapsed building in Surfside. Offloading water bottles, snacks out of a truck. Police PIO said Heat called to help out. pic.twitter.com/suflnZiHDK

— Martin Vassolo (@martindvassolo) June 24, 2021

Members of the Miami Heat, including Tyler Herro and Chris Quinn, help bring supplies for the collapsed building first responders and the people at the reunification center. The building collapsed in Surfside, located roughly 12 miles of FTX Arena pic.twitter.com/TZJW7OdHeA

— Chris Perkins (@chrisperk) June 24, 2021

Herro also addressed frontline workers, thanking them for their efforts.

The Miami Heat sending Tyler Herro and coaches Chris Quinn and Eric Glass to Surfside to hand out water and snacks to first responders and displaced residents. Herro thanking those on the ground for their hard work in this tragedy. pic.twitter.com/o6rbNiSFbM

— Will Manso (@WillMansoWPLG) June 24, 2021

“We heard about this in the morning and we heard that the first responders have been on scene here since 2 a.m.,” Steve Stowe, vice president and executive director of the Miami Heat Charitable Fund, told the Miami Herald. “So I rounded up Tyler Herro, Chris Quinn and Eric Glass, and we loaded up the Kia Heat truck and a couple other trucks filled with water and snacks and food for the front liners. Kind of like what we do when [Hurricane] Irma hit or when any of these tragedies happen, and we went to ground zero and unloaded all the supplies. They spoke to the first responders just to lift their spirits a little bit.”

“We do have a platform at the Heat that we’ve had many experiences with,” Stowe added. “It’s bigger than us, it’s bigger than the games, it’s bigger than the playoffs going on right now. You just serve, jump in and that’s it, and figure out how to just help. To have Tyler say, ‘Let’s go. I’m coming with you’ in the rain really is just what we’re about.”

Good on ya, Tyler Herro.