Survivors of the collapse share the stories of how they escaped.
Author: KELLI KENNEDY Associated Press
Published: 12:00 AM CDT July 3, 2021
Updated: 12:00 AM CDT July 3, 2021
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla — Alfredo Lopez and his wife Marian were asleep when the first thundering blast jolted them awake. Moments later, a second boom, much louder than the first, shook their bed on the sixth floor of their Miami apartment.
Alfredo rushed to wake his 24-year-old son Michael, urging him to get dressed, before running to the balcony window.
“All I could see was just white dust, very thick. I could barely see the balcony railing.”