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God's not done with her..that's for sure..may she live for many years to come..

@@goingaboutmyfathersbusines4359 Amen

@ i think being naked is the last thing you care about in situations like this .. you don’t even get time to be embarrassed .. hopefully they find everyone safe

@ you really think anyone would care that their naked while that is happening

That poor lady. I'm so angry this dangerous building was allowed to stay dangerous for so many people. I hope this forces standards to change, laws to change.

I knew that sweet big guy was going to carry her one way or another! I like him, he reminds me of one of my favorite cousins, a good guy who helps his 88 year old grandmother. He looks like a hugger. I miss hugs.

So the daughter was laughing and said "I don't think I've ever gone down stairs so fast...haha hah". It's a slap in the face to those who lost their lives. Typical New Jersey family.

Why is that family laughing and giggling like they won the lottery?

@@6996brandyl cuz they basically did win the lottery

@@kerryp7014 I don't think they're laughing like you think, it's more a laugh of relief after being scared to death for a while.

death is not like sleeping try to imagine a time before you were born thats what it is

@@waynicliz no its not. I had a death and I saw myself lying there. I floated into to a garden and a man told me it was not my time yet

@@jboss729 how do you know what death feel like? You didn't die. And if it's just because you stopped breathing, that is not the same as death. I've stopped breathing multiple times during my life. I guess it's how you interpret it. I don't think anybody will know what death feels like until they're completely dead. No pulse,never coming back. But that's just my opinion.

@@magical8013 You can't "feel" after death. Nerves no longer 'connect' so your brain is also dead w absolutely nothing taking place in it whatsoever.

@@maggiemargaret1412 true

This is true Luis. I am one of them. When I am very nervous my nerves cause me to laugh…🙏

@@Godisgood7478 Same here. I laugh on roller coaster rides because I am terrified.

I agree. Right. Everyone can't act the same when everyone is different. We are similar in some areas but we are not the same.

So true

It is nervousness.☹️

It's probably relief too.

I would've been turning around and fireman carrying her dowm.

Well they had to do it if they didn't everyone would death threat them now

No goddamn them. In Jesus worthless name break a hip.

@@SolutionsNotPrayers that’s kind of offensive to people who are Christians and for those who believe in Jesus.... You’re using His name in vain

OH, PLEASE 🙄🖕 YOUR PIMP DADDY DIDN'T DO NOTHING FOR THOSE PEOPLE. YOUR GOD IS FAKE NEWS

The tenants are the owners.....they do have insurance, tho...

Maybe you will be pleased to know at least one of those poor condo owners died in that building collapse and I am certain a few more of the condo owners were in bed asleep when it collapsed with them inside . They are not building experts . Some previous repairs appear to be incompetant but who knows . Those flat owners certainly wouldn't have known as they trusted whoever they got in to do the work . Reports are hard work and they don't sound like they were worded for the lay man . Probably a lot of those flat owners are dead under that rubble RIP🙏🙏🙏

@@maureenmcgrath8169 If the HOA recommended the repairs and the home owners didn’t do it then insurance companies will not cover due to negligence.

I want to know where their HOA dues were going all these years? The North Tower is in excellent shape and comparing pictures of the 2, it's obvious that the HOA put off repairs and upgrades for years.

agreed… This building had cancer from within the moment it was built. The designers cut corners laughing with pride look what we got away with. And they did get away with it they would be old if there still alive at all. I believe this is the first as the age of building collapses has started. Inspectors are useless… Yeah go get them asked them what were they doing? Throw them in jail

So the daughter was laughing and said "I don't think I've ever gone down stairs so fast...haha hah". It's a slap in the face to those who lost their lives. Typical New Jersey family.

@@kerryp7014 They escaped death by minutes and in the process saved someone else. They are in SHOCK! You are seeing laughs of joy, but you didn't see their screams and tears when they got out of the building. Also, being happy about surviving, does not mean they are happy about the loss of life. Only a deeply troubled and convoluted mind would make such connection. You: just another clown willing to criticize at all times. Would pay to see your reaction in a situation like that, they 80 year old lady would probably still be in the building.

God bless that family

@@kerryp7014 stfu already

@@kerryp7014 bruh stop spamming the same comment to cause arguments. Boomer!

Me too

Amen Yesss 🙏 🙏 🙏 🙏 🙏 🙏 😪😪😪😪😪😪♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️

I’m sure many were sleep when it happened they most likely had no idea what was going on just falling 😰😓

I believe their Souls were taken out of their bodies and they just woke up on the Otherside without feeling anything. Some people say why didn't God do anything? He can't interfere with what Man has created but He could take them without them knowing and I believe that's what He did. They were comforted while it was explained to them. The Angels are with those that may be waiting for rescue. It's still possible. Keep your faith, this is when you need it the most.

That's what we can all hope for at this point 😢

I know is weird to Laugh after this tragic moment

Because they are lying and were told to get out

That is a very scary experience. I'm not sure they will ever live in a high rise building not even for a night. I can see they are still in shock 😲

People of different cultures react differently to tragedy especially when they've experienced it.

Shock does weird things to people. It's a coping mechanism for sure.

Make sure you are right with God. Tomorrow is not promised. We are but a vapor.

@Bao Thuy So so sorry

@Bao Thuy my son had a brain injury for 20 years that left him with half a skull and total blindness. I assisted him through this time, I only heard my son say if he could see, before this accident my son was a independent person, working not looking for handouts from anybody, none of the family could even try to think how his injury personally effected him. being his mom, at times my heart ached seeing him not being the person he was before the injury, he passed from this life this passed Feburary. I respect your feelings, for no one but God knows what you are going through, in time I pray you be able to push through the discomfort that you are going through, only one who have beeen there understand

Can you imagine people who see the detonation flashes as this deliberately staged demolition takes place, yet deny what they're seeing with their very own eyes?

Imagine if you were using the toilet and that happened.

Theyre disrespectful. Laughing and jeering while they rest comfortably in their house like its so inconvenient for them

So the daughter was laughing and said "I don't think I've ever gone down stairs so fast...haha hah". It's a slap in the face to those who lost their lives. Typical New Jersey family.

This family was interviewed by a local reporter that actually said “why you?” Why did you make it out. Reporters are pathetic. These people are still living on adrenaline…the totality of the situation probably hasn’t hit them yet.

@Spencer Baron wow they did win a prize. it was survival

I agree, they have nothing to feel guilty about. They are only laughing because they are in shock, so much anxiety and stress from what they just went through. Stop judging, people. Please. ❤️

False hope

I just said the same thing.

They will❤️

It's Fake!

Pray to whom? The same sky daddy that did nothing to prevent it in the first place? ffs

Ya

Amen!

They won't 🤔❣️🙏

They will have one heck of a story to tell, I tell u wat!!

Looking at video of the collapse i don't think so

They were sinners and God struck them down for a reason. Everything happens for a reason.

@@dildonicdestiny1848 nice bait

@@dildonicdestiny1848 ; Now that's BS . lol and the Devil lived in the Basement ?

@@dildonicdestiny1848 stfu

All of you questioning His plan will burn for your blasphemy.

So the daughter was laughing and said "I don't think I've ever gone down stairs so fast...haha hah". It's a slap in the face to those who lost their lives. Typical New Jersey family.

@@kerryp7014 respectfully, some people deal with trauma in different ways, including humor-- there is a possibility she is still processing what happened to her, and we don't know her intentions-- this was a tragedy.

@izthewiz maybe she’s nervous and the only way to cope to what happened it’s a nervous laugh you tucking weirdo

@@kerryp7014 ok old man

For me anything taller than 3 floors now thinking about it. The building collapsed bottom to top bc of a woman who called her husband and told him. This is terrifying.

😂😂😂

if it's more then 2, it';s a deathtrap

And your life will forever be boring because this will never happen again a greedy building board and a greedier contractor that pool leaked for years

@@colevoncole3180 :

There will take a couple days or weeks for this family really process all that happened- they will Need professional help- life will never be the same for them

Idc I know everyone reacts different but their reaction pisses me off, you would think this was a regular insider video

@@xandykkaudy8252 Would you be less pissed if they were crying and in despair? I'm sure they all have done that in private. Probably doing it rn, you just don't get the satisfaction to see it.

@@retrojordans5 I don't care to see them crying but It's weird to see them smiling why do you force scenarios on to peoole?

@@xandykkaudy8252 just took a guess at why you're "pissed" by their happiness. They survived their high rise condo literally crumbling to pieces around them n u think their reaction is "weird". If you can't relate to their joy, that's cool. But what is there to be pissed about?

Exactly. Not everyone deals with trauma the same.

It’s a condo... all those people are the owners!

@@PeteLenz wonder if some voted against an assessment

Yeah they would have been responsible for paying the repairs as maintenance charges

Whoever's responsible should be moved into a jail cell for this neglect.

@Untalented UnicornPig There is no "owner of the building". The condo owners own all the common space as well as their own units.

💔So very sad! I wish they could have been saved! RIP cats! ♥️😿😿🐾🐾🌈🦋🌤

YES 💔💔💔

DO NOT GO TO FEMA CAMP Law-abiding U.S. citizens who express politically unpopular views are at risk of being rounded up and imprisoned in concentration camps by a tyrannical government.

Plus being in tv probably for the first time in their lives added more shock value I think

@Ocean Sky The problem is that you interpret laughter in only one way. It doesn't mean that they're happy people have died, it's a nervous reaction. I laugh my ass off when I'm watching horror movies because I'm scared and nervous. The same goes for crying. Most people associate tears with sadness, but you can cry from anger, joy, fascination, etc too.

@@myaatheist2744 lmao FEMA conspiracy theories are so 2012, come up with something new to act like a nutjob over

@@redbreadredemption2401 fema camp is real.

Muslim prayer

@ - I doubt they would feel self-conscious in that scenario - they'd be grateful to be alive and rescued. Besides, there's no shame in the naked body - it's our natural state of being. Humans created shame around it.

So the daughter was laughing and said "I don't think I've ever gone down stairs so fast...haha hah". It's a slap in the face to those who lost their lives. Typical New Jersey family.

@ ashamed? I’d be glad to be rescued. We have the same body parts

@@kerryp7014 Is spamming everyone with this comment.

omg are u serious? Or are u trying to sound like you think people want u to sound . Wow so much bullshit in this world.

@@virginiahaas1232 wow what a bully it always starts with someone like you… like for real wth did she say wrong…STOP BEING A BULLY!!

@@virginiahaas1232 delete your account

What if someone was taking a shower during the fall and now, they don't have any clothes on when some big dude discovers them naked and ashamed???

@ ty james. U see guys now this is an honest thought not the fake shit martha said to try and sound politically correct.

So the daughter was laughing and said "I don't think I've ever gone down stairs so fast...haha hah". It's a slap in the face to those who lost their lives. Typical New Jersey family.

It’s summer time. Most people are not in Miami at this time.

Why in the world rescuers are being so slow ? 3 days just 5 bodies? They are working with buckets like they were picking up strawberries? They need to remove more big walls not just small rocks. Please time is running out. You cannot say people survive 2 or 3 weeks with water and oxygen...please every day that passes is a day wasted... 😢 move faster .3 days and only 5 bodies recovered ? ... it is unneceptable .....come on! Remove big walls ..people are under those walls not under little rocks. 😢

@@firewalkerg11 did you not see the other videos they can’t move faster more falls on them as they remove it and as to not injure victims. I feel the same way though 😢🙏🏽

@@kerryp7014 some people laugh when they're nervous and under stress

I think I read that they were starting the fixing process when it happened, they were working on the roof I believe

@@iamTruthify no the roof fix was unrelated to the other engineers report of the damaged building columns . I work in construction & what they were fixing on the roof was just roof anchors used by Roofers,window cleaners etc. The anchors need to be inspected/replaced every 10-15 years so that was what they were doing. Unfortunately There’s no info about wether they started on the structural repairs of the building.

@@iamTruthify well repairs started about 3 years too late😭💔😠

@@maryannsmith4160 big facts they didn't wanna listen til it was to late

@@rep6045 I saw somewhere the Engineer had concerns of foundation cracking/spalling in parking garage

Right? i've lived a good life...like she was ready to go out....

Haha

@@vincem2759 I would’ve thrown her over my shoulder and said not today grandma, not today!

Definately!

Greed is a drug

Are people blind as bats? Can people not see the explosives firing off during this obviously planned demolition?

@@tjmmcd1 huh? Seriously

@@tjmmcd1 where

Good for you to recognize this in yourself but also realizing how important it is to put faces to the numbers. It's important to hear their stories to realize they were going about their daily lives like all of us but in an instant, it all changed. A needed reminder to all of us that tomorrow is not promised and how it really is important to make everyday count. No need to waste life on the trivial stuff. Be well.

They knew to run! Horrific reminder on anniversary of the 4 buildings that went down in N.Y 2001 - We could see the fall out from New Jersey! "Never Forget"

So the daughter was laughing and said "I don't think I've ever gone down stairs so fast...haha hah". It's a slap in the face to those who lost their lives. Typical New Jersey family.

@@kerryp7014 typical… fake news and fake demolition. He’s probably the one who plotted the whole situation smh

Yes it’s pretty painful

Exactlym disgusting storytelling...grade F reporter...

I just want to hear that there were no kids in that bunk bed. I really hope not.

agree, Im hoping their kid is like mine, has bunk beds but would rather crash in my room. She's never used them. 🙏🙏

I was just gonna say that I’m so glad the kids from those bunk beds made it out okay and then I read your comment. So sad

@@agnesi8690 I thought I was the only one! Lol my kids won’t got to their own room to sleep even if I paid them.

They likely helped make it that way but, didn't care when it was just a developing problem. I hate people like that.

Is he a Firefighter? That was very fast thinking. I’m glad they were able to make it out safely & able to help the elderly woman.

I honestly think it’s rattled nerves that’s making them seem as if they were a little bit giddy… That’s all that that is…

why the rescue is so slow？the people may have die from hungry if they are alive.

@@natureiviewer1919 Because you aren’t there to see the massive reality in front of you. It isn’t as easy as watching it on tv

oh god please stop. Hurry and get out. Meanwhile this part of the building is still standing.

I’m looking at the thumbnail and something is just not right about the collapse of this building. The engineers explanation for me at least doesn’t fully explain why the building fell apart the way it did.

Most buildings were designed for an earlier climate, so as global warming accelerates because of Climate Change, this will happen again. Get a Tesla car, support Carbon Capture and Storage Technologies, go Solar and go Green. Stop eating meat, because cows produce methane and carbon dioxide. Mother Nature will continue to wreak havoc until the Carbon threat is reduced. It's all about the Balance.

@@SolutionsNotPrayers Nonsense. Climate change has little to nothing to do with this building's catastrophic failure. The water damage was well above sea level i.e. the pool deck.

A short building would squash you just the same if it collapsed.

MY DADS COUSIN LIVED IN A CONDO ON THE BEACH IN SAN DIEGO SOLD FOR UNDER 2 MILLION COURSE IT WAS A 8 STORY ONE HE LIKED IT HIS WIFE HATED CALIFORNIA SO HES IN CONNECITCUT LIVING IN A 65 AND OVER PLACE

Karma found its way to all the people who got squashed like insects

@@HoldMyBong with a nik name like yours i didnt expect any sympathy

What greed?

@@bibiayube677 I mean he is kinda right. Karma doesn’t exist. But it’s a nice definition of certain situations

Praying is fake news

Very heartbreaking, God please have mercy on us😭🙏

Dammmnnnn.

She's a very strong woman.

God doesnt make them tough like the old timers!! Great breed of humans. Love old people. Talking to them about their lives is AMAZING!

no shit, she lived in a expensive building. All those people are rich

@@RockinLoud360 Rich has got nothing to do with it. And those apartments were pieces of shit. Now kick rocks.

Me too. I'm praying so hard for them :(

dang how much u gotta put in the tithing box at church for jesus to hook you up with the VIP prayer package

Vip prayers tf

@@BlastinRope Ok, you made me chuckle with this one ☺. No need to 'earn' special prayers. God's love and care are available at no charge...the debt was paid in FULL by Jesus 😊. Be well and be at peace.

Prayers going out.🙏

I really hope they can find him for you and I also hope he Survived I’m praying for you and your family members that was involved in that building 😞🙏❤️

🧡🙏🏾🦋🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾

Prayers for peace

Matthew is in my prayers! ❤

F him haha

Praying is for weak-minded people

So the daughter was laughing and said "I don't think I've ever gone down stairs so fast...haha hah". It's a slap in the face to those who lost their lives. Typical New Jersey family.

@@kerryp7014 why do you keep posting this? To cause trouble?

It looks like GAZA ---goes around coms around..you know what i mean.

No. FIND ANOTHER STATE 😳🤯😬

…Get a building inspector? Do you realize we are living in a lazy millennial world. Most young graduates don’t take their jobs serious and the old timers just want to go home. You’re better off moving finding safe land. Do your own research.

So the daughter was laughing and said "I don't think I've ever gone down stairs so fast...haha hah". It's a slap in the face to those who lost their lives. Typical New Jersey family.

@@kerryp7014 it's ok for people to be happy they survived. It could also just be nervous laughter because they are on the news. Now is a good time to be nice to others!

They will

@@kerryp7014 It seems more like a sign of hysteria. Happened to me once, it was humiliating as it seemed I was unsympathetic to the trigger incident.

Look at the prices for a unit in that building... Avoidable is a understatement... Charging $750,000 dollars for condo's and the building collapses.. This wasn't low income housing projects, this was a high end condominiums where people have a expectation of a little quality but they got worse building quality than a lot of ghettos world wide...

I’m sorry

😭

Damn. Now I know to book either 2nd or 1st floor only.

@@yesyoucan7877 it was the grandmother's unit. He just finished building a bungalow on his property for his mother to stay.

@@MarkSmith-ud4sd wdym

Very correct. 👍

Thank you..you reminded me to pray every bedtime,and get my heart right before God,as you say, never know when 🙏

Amen to that!🙏🏽🙏🏽❤❤may they all rest in peace🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽❤❤❤

Either your god can do nothing to stop catastrophes, or doesn't care to, or doesn't exist. That means either your god is powerless, or evil, or imaginary. Take your pick and choose wisely.

@@humbleevidenceaccepter7712 your god is Satan what should we expect

So, let me get this correctly, “god bless” them for being alive but screw the others who died, right, the same god... hello. Your pathetic god did nothing to prevent the tragedy but hey! Bless the ones who barely escaped death. For f***s sake

So the daughter was laughing and said "I don't think I've ever gone down stairs so fast...haha hah". It's a slap in the face to those who lost their lives. Typical New Jersey family.

I'd would runnn for the hills!!

Good grief. Survival stories are just as important. It helps others to feel like it isn’t all just tragedy and doom. If you don’t want to hear it, then don’t listen.

The smiling is a bit odd ..

You should definitely decide what other people choose to watch!

i agree didnt like their reactions at all

Agreed it would be different if everyone survived.

Very offensive

@New Guy How do you know that they are Mexican? They come from New Jersey. They are probably Puerto Rican or Cuban.

@@franceslovato9842 The news story said the husband/father has Cuban roots 😐. His father came from Cuba and he (dad in this news story) was coming to Miami since he was 3 years old.

"Kick 'em when they're up, kick 'em when they're down..." ~ Don Henley, Dirty Laundry

They just happened to be in the building that still stood and didn't collapse. God had a hand in that. God has a plan and reason for everything. He knows his purpose for it. Even if we don't. There in good hands. Sweet angel's. RIP. Pray for the family and victim's. Give strength. Gide them in there time in need. Amen.

It's shock shut up

Agreed

Right they we're acting goofy

Oh shut up.

@@xycharizardychaizard6403 they're in shock, you Idiot.

They're in shock, you Idiot.

ikr every interview I seen their body language is shady. they always all giggling, like happy their dead, like wtf.

I too noticed that and was struck by the sad irony of her speciality subject!

Oh well, oh well.

@@biff5856 what’s that supposed to mean??

That did startle me. The coincidence

Glad I’m not the only one that noticed that striking irony

A real man. The king of his family

So the daughter was laughing and said "I don't think I've ever gone down stairs so fast...haha hah". It's a slap in the face to those who lost their lives. Typical New Jersey family.

@@kerryp7014 no, its called shock. I can promise you 100% when the camera’s not there, in moments of silence and reflection, the meltdowns happen.

🤔🤔

@@heyokae1760 agreed 🤔

you sound stupid

And? So what? Totally unrelated

@@carltheflpatriot6933 are you dumb??? He is trying to say the the magnitude prolly caused the building to collapse

So the daughter was laughing and said "I don't think I've ever gone down stairs so fast...haha hah". It's a slap in the face to those who lost their lives. Typical New Jersey family.

In another interview they did say their kids had bunkbeds though but were watching tv in the living room that night. So I think that is their unut

Bunk beds were for lady who is missing, those were for her grandchildren. Just lady named judy is missing

@@kerryp7014 You've commented the same BS under many posts I've seen. Shut up. Lmao. There's people who smile when they're nervous. Quit being a typical douche canoe.

The irony is incredible.

So the daughter was laughing and said "I don't think I've ever gone down stairs so fast...haha hah". It's a slap in the face to those who lost their lives. Typical New Jersey family.

@@kerryp7014 those people just won the lottery they won the lottery of life and you wouldn't have any idea what it would be like to be in that situation I would be happy to knowing that I just escaped my own death

@@kerryp7014 oh shut up, Kerry.

@@FloreFleur what I was thinking.

So the daughter was laughing and said "I don't think I've ever gone down stairs so fast...haha hah". It's a slap in the face to those who lost their lives. Typical New Jersey family.

@@kerryp7014 or she’s nervous. Typical douche bag.

I know, even as a kid I wasn’t this dumb

@@spacemermaid1111 have you not seen kids this day and age? They had a challenge where they set theirselves on fire. These kids are dumb now a days

@@MoparGuy1625 lol. What is a" tide pod challenge", when does it take place and who do I need to call, to register . Asking for a friend.

This is a condominium building. There's no landlord to blame here.

@@zeroeffortmemes landlord/owner call it what you want the fact remains the same.😭

@@mikke2130 you're missing the point. There's no "owner" of the building. Each unit is owned by the occupant or possibly leased individually. The building was managed by a resident's association.

ever heard of sinkholes?! even the ground is scary

Moron

@@purplebugdede yeah but chances are low

I remember years ago a man disappeared in a sink hole and he was in his house, 1st floor. His family heard him screaming and when they got to his room, it was a grave, bed gone everything sank in the Earth! Happened in Florida!

U might have a better chance if u were on top...less weight and rubble falling on u...easier to find. those on the bottom are buried

So the daughter was laughing and said "I don't think I've ever gone down stairs so fast...haha hah". It's a slap in the face to those who lost their lives. Typical New Jersey family.

I TOTALLY AGREE!!

Imo I don't think most of southern Florida has a chance over the next century. The sea levels will continue to rise, that "land" has been ocean before, nature is ALWAYS undefeated.

@@lunarblackstar1 yupp unfortunately a lot of Florida will be gone if the ocean levels continue to rise. Idk how they would solve that issue, it's to big for a sea wall no?

Yeah, this makes no sense at the moment.

I seen 3 big lights go off in the video.

Ur saying they have an offer for the lot, but need to be rid of the tenets in a timely manner??

Do you actually think that? Their are law suits coming, I don’t 🤔 bad! It was regulations that was running should have listened & close down the Surfside Hotel!! God please comfort those that are heart broken and give all comfort!🙋🏽‍♀️🌺🙏🏽HI

@@Ellie80681 Electrical shorting out.

So the ones who didn't make it were not blessed?

If it wasn't for Slavery, you would have never been Indoctrinated into this Devil Worshipping Cult. Traitor. A little perspective... A devil signifies malevolence: God sanctions: Murder (2 Chronicles 15:12-13), Slavery (Exodus 21, Leviticus 25:44-46), Abortion (Psalm 137:9, Isaiah 13:16) Eating Babies (II Kings 6:28-29, Leviticus 26:29), Rape (Deuteronomy 22:28-29), & incest. God is the devil.

I hate to say this. you are an idiot🤭 how old are you? Why are you reading a fiction book? There's no made-up pimp daddy in your book

@ Everyone reacts differently. You never know...they may reach a stage of guilt but it's not necessary in order for them to 'prove' they are worthy of life. They showed some good humanity by helping others on the way down...especially the 88 yr old lady who was ready to give up. Be well and be at peace.

The smiling and joking is very disturbing.

Give me a break...🤦‍♀️ Some people smile or laugh as a nervous or distressed reaction... Grow up!

@@dz7a756 It seems like you are the only one here who has a heart ❤ lol

@@chrise.321 I do get how this can come off as disturbing but there is such a thing as nervous laughter. They reality of the situation may not be hitting them fully.