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.
WTHeck????
She heard these noises as she was awakened.....and, was subsequently escaping from the falling building.
FTA....
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.”
How on Earth could she EVER be negligent, for hearing noises.....while ESCAPING???
She was acting, alright.
What did you want her to do? Stop and knock on everyone’s door, after she called 911??
In her case that might be true but some of these people had been hearing noises well before the collapse.
Had this fortunate woman knocked on any doors to warn others, she probably would have come across unbelievers: people who could not believe what was happening, was really happening. She would have herself died in the rubble.