Home News and Society ‘What can you do?’ He was in Paris. His wife was 4,500 miles away in a Surfside, Florida, condo that had started to collapse. ‘What can you do?’ He was in Paris. His wife was 4,500 miles away in a Surfside, Florida, condo that had started to collapse. News and Society 0 Comment Phillippe Naim was in Paris when he got a call from his wife at their Surfside, Florida, condo. She had heard a noise – like an explosion.