It was the middle of the night in Surfside, Florida, but Margarita Champin had heard a noise that had shaken her – like an explosion.
He stayed on the line as his wife went to check the outside hallway. The power was out, but from what she could see – dust, debris, drywall…
In the pitch black, Champin found her way to a neighbors' apartment with whom she waited for evacuation. It took about 25 minutes for firefighters to rescue Champin and her neighbors on the 8th floor. They had to climb over piles of rubble to get to the fire ladder.
A photo taken by Margarita Champin shows a view from her 8th floor Champlain Towers South condo of debris from the collapsed section of the building in Surfside.
I don’t understand. How could she have lived on the 8th floor and taken that photo on the 8th floor and been rescued by Fire Rescue on the 8th floor. The 8th floor was on the ground floor when Fire Rescue got there.