🌱 Patch AM: How a Coral Gables firm is challenging Amazon over Miami crash

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In today's newsletter:

• How a Coral Gables firm is challenging Amazon over Miami crash
• How Miami's freshmen are already reshaping Hurricanes football in Coral Gables
• How did a Coral Gables contractor become an infrastructure powerhouse?

Also on today's calendar: Disrupting a 'Brilliant Colony' and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: What is the difference between black eyed peas and chick peas? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Wednesday: An afternoon thunderstorm, with a high of 90 and low of 77 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
• Thursday: A shower and thunderstorm, temps: high: 89, low: 77.
• Friday: Rather cloudy with a t-storm, with a high of 89 and low of 77 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Amazon, cargo carrier knew of safety failures before fatal Miami airport crash, lawsuit claims (wptv.com) — A wrongful death lawsuit over the recent Amazon Air cargo crash at Miami International Airport is moving forward, with the victim's family represented by a Coral Gables-based law firm. The suit alleges Amazon and its contractor 21 Air ignored serious safety warnings and defective aircraft systems, and seeks significant damages for the loss suffered by the Miami-Dade family.
   

• "They Stepped Up to the Test" (miamihurricanes.com) — In Coral Gables, Miami Hurricanes lineman Matt McCoy is praising a wave of true freshmen who "stepped up to the test" in the team's lopsided win over FAMU. With 28 first-year players already seeing action and running back Javian Mallory emerging as a standout, the Hurricanes' young talent is quickly making its mark early in the season.
   

• History of MasTec (tfetimes.com) — MasTec's evolution from a small South Florida contractor into a national infrastructure giant starts in Coral Gables, where the company is headquartered and still rooted. The piece traces its growth through telecom booms, energy and renewable projects, major acquisitions, and federal infrastructure spending, highlighting how a Coral Gables–based firm now helps build broadband, pipelines, and clean‑energy projects across the country.
   

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Other local events

Thursday September 17
• *Virtual* Study Abroad Drop-In Advising - Fall 2026 (Thursdays)
  University of Miami College Art and Culture, 1320 S Dixie Hwy, Coral Gables
  10:00 am
• Cafe Literario
  South Miami Branch -
  10:00 am
• Talking is Teaching - Talk, Read, Sing for Toddlers
  South Miami Branch -
  11:00 am
• Speak With Confidence
  South Miami Branch -
  12:30 pm
• Family Storytime
  Virrick Park Branch -
  4:00 pm
Friday September 18
• TConnect Mini Office
  South Miami Branch -
  9:30 am
• Talking is Teaching: Talk, Read, Sing for Babies and Toddlers
  Coconut Grove Branch -
  11:00 am
Thursday September 24
• Disrupting a 'Brilliant Colony' →
  Kislak Center at the University of Miami
  6:00 pm
• 🎉 Bingo is Back! 🎉 →
  2985 S Bayshore Dr, Miami
  6:30 pm
Wednesday September 30
• Wonders and Rarities: Discover the Treasures of the Special Collections →
  1300 Memorial Dr, Coral Gables
  5:00 pm
Thursday October 1
• America at 250: Decades of the New Republic →
  Virtual Event (Zoom)
  1:00 pm

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What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Goodwin Recruiting posted a job opening for Banquet Chef in Coral Gables. Apply here.
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🗞 Nearby News

South Miami

• 'A powerful moral compass': Jamie Raskin backs Phil Ehr as veterans bike across CD 28 for him (floridapolitics.com)

Pinecrest

• Byron Donalds says Miami-Dade must 'get creative' in homebuilding for first-time owners (floridapolitics.com)
• ChamberSOUTH Spotlight: Peter de la Torre, Founder of The Executionist (communitynewspapers.com)
• Volleyball Recap: Orlando Science Posts Its Biggest Win of the Season (maxpreps.com)

Key Biscayne

• Always dreamed of being an artist? Now's the time (islandernews.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Black eyed peas can sing us a song but chick peas can only hummus one. (Thank you Bev H. for sending it in!)
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