Monteagudo described her escape: “When I was running down the stairs I went from six, to five and then four, I heard a tremendous noise. It was infernal. The building was falling. I don’t know how I managed to escape.”
Outside, it was pitch black. She recalled seeing smoke and water all around her and began to pray.
“God help me, I want to see my children. God please help me, don’t let me die like this,” she said.
I don’t think I would admit that I heard these noises. When you sue, the defendant will say you had contributory negligence because you heard the noises and did not act.
She was lucky to get out of her Condo.
The Front Door could have been jammed shut like the Patio Door was.
I’m sure many will have “survivor’s guilt” when it’s all said and done.
Has there been any video shown of the collapse? If not, this must be one of the few significant things to happen in a large city recently that was not in range of some security cameras.
When you see a crack opening up in your condo, it is always a good idea to run outside.
when is the Hollywood movie being released?
A number of years ago I was working on the third floor of a building when suddenly the entire building started shaking. Someone yelled "earthquake!" I turned to my co-workers and said, "let's get out of here!" With that I ran the three flights of steps down to the ground floor and out of that building faster than anyone might think it possible for a sixty-something-year-old man to go. It was indeed an earthquake.
I spent the next five years, up to the time of my retirement, being mercilessly ridiculed for my "cowardice."
I don't know; it seemed like the right thing to do.
I don’t believe this account at all.
Nobody had warning, is my take seeing the two block to the south view of the collapse.
I suspect someone was parking at 530 in the a.m., hit an already deteriorated ready to compromise support, and the rest ensued within seconds.
Nobody got to any stairs.
Amen...only GOD could help her....and he DID!
I found this tidbit of interest. It’s from the NY Times. I suspect it will be a while before they know what happened.
“One other clue that a problem started at the bottom of the building: Immediately before the collapse, one of the residents saw a hole of sorts opening near the pool.
Michael Stratton said his wife, Cassie Stratton, who is missing, was on the phone with him and was looking out through the window of her fourth-floor unit when, she told him, the hole appeared. After that, the call cut off.
Rick De La Guardia, an engineer based in Miami with experience in forensic investigation of building component failures, said that the collapse could have also started higher than the foundation, possibly on the second floor, based on his cursory review of the columns in the floor plans and his review of the video.”
And then there’s the account of a woman talking to her husband at 130 AM describing seeing the pool deck fall intovictim hole moments before she began screaming, then silence, evidently a victim.
Thankfully, she used her brain and her legs and got out in time. I wish the woman who supposedly called her husband had left instead of using the phone.