Posted on 06/28/2021 1:28:30 PM PDT by Jan_Sobieski
Personal accounts are just starting to emerge of the tragedy that unfolded Thursday morning after the partial collapse of the Champlain Towers South Condominium building in Surfside, Florida.
Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava issued a news release Saturday evening that said that five victims have been confirmed dead, according to CNN. The report said 156 potential victims remain unaccounted for.
One survivor, Iliana Monteagudo, who is in her 50s, recounted to the New York Post the terrifying moments after she was awoken about 1:30 a.m. by "strange noises."
She told the Post she thought the sounds had come from an "open sliding door to the oceanfront balcony."
“I ran and tried to close it, but I couldn’t. I imagine because it was unlevel already because of all the movement,” she explained. “I heard a crack and when I looked, I saw a crack traveling in the wall two fingers thick. Something told me, 'you need to run…'”
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No, actually, a large part is still standing. See the aerial photos.
I was working in a hospital one time and in a patient’s room. I was crouching down on the floor priming an iv line into a waste basket. There were about 10 family members in the room visiting the patient.
One of the visitors next to me said to me, ‘look’ and I looked up and saw the clock on the wall shaking. I thought it was going to fall and stood up. All the family members started leaving quickly and the guys said to me, ‘it’s an earthquake’.
We were on the 7th floor, in Phoenix. We never have had an earthquake that I am aware of. I stood outside the room looking down the hall to the stairs, and the charge nurse, seeing me, and by this time the building was swaying, said to all of ‘us’ nurses: “If any of you leave the floor you are dismissed”.
I stood there thinking, wow, so if the floors start pancaking, I’m dead. But if I leave it’s considered patient abandonment.
I think I said a quick prayer and went back to work. Thankfully the building, which was 60 years old, did not collapse.
The Chinese would have hung him by now.
A few years ago, we had an earthquake. I was in a 110 year old building. I pulled the fire alarm (which didn’t work) then yelled for everyone to get out. I shepherded the others out of the building then I left.
And since they are not civil engineers, they bear absolutely zero responsibility
Yep. Best bet. Even if he's being serviced by Lois at the time, he can always rewind the Earth to Undo it. Superman's "Control-Z".
Best one yet you win !
Especially went I believe it crumbled at around 0130hrs, 3 or 4 hours before your excellent Columbo assertion that soneone hit a column in the underground garage @ 0530 ?
Amen...only GOD could help her....and he DID!
Idiot..she heard the noise right before it collapsed.
I would have done the same...was taught to do so as a child.
Maybe residents put their faith in local public sector building inspectors.
Seems local officials down there have some splainin’ to do...
You’re wrong. Another resident, whom is one of the missing, told her son that the building had been making weird noises in the middle of the night right before the accident. I believe this woman’s account, and yes, there were warnings, for those whom chose to listen.
Should'a told them; "Yeah, it's much smarter to wait and see if the building starts collapsing before you decide whether or not to run".
You are correct she should had dashed to the phone and call a lawyer and gotten advise as to what to do next. her hasty exit most likely cost her next of kin thousands in settlement money!
It was. The safest place, I would think, is someplace with no structures around to fall on you, like in a field.
buildings always make noises
shes not a contractor
the average person assumes the building noises they hear are just normal noises of stuff travelling through pipes, or creaking due to weather
and that if she did bring this up to a super that is exactly what they would tell any tenant, short of seeing major obvious structural cracks and damage
and a good lawyer on her side would point that out
further the owners of this bldg and the tenants already knew the building had issues and had done studies on the building, and this year they were getting ready to implememnt fixes to the problems
so theres no contributory negligence in this case
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