A South Florida family’s life flashed before their eyes Tuesday morning after their roof started caving in from what officials believe was heavy rain.
The partial roof collapse happened at a duplex located at 916 Northeast 2nd Street in Hallandale Beach, according to the Broward Sheriff’s Office Fire Rescue.
Battalion Chief Michael B. Kane told NBC6 that the collapse was likely triggered by rain.
A mother and her six children were living in the unit that was affected the most. Shocking video shows the partially-collapsed roof and cracking noises can also be heard.
“Just started hearing cracking and that was it — it started dropping,” Tkyana Bryant said. “About 5:45, I got my kids out and it came down right behind us.”
The mother said she was focused on getting her kids out safely.
“I have 6 kids in total. I just started calling them out one by one,” she …