![]() ![]() I am honestly very proud of our town and everyone outside our town trying to help. "Everyone is working so hard in Surfside right now to help in any way possible. There is grief and even fear, but there's also pride for her hometown and the neighborhood's camaraderie that's now being spotlighted around the world. The aftermath has been surreal for Nina, her family and friends. "Everyone thought it was my building," she said. She had text messages and voicemails from people asking if she was alive. She woke to an inundated phone - the rest of the world catching up to her reality. They stayed at a hotel where Nina tried to catch up on sleep. View Gallery: Surfside damage photos, wreckage pictures: Condo collapse in Florida It felt like a nightmare that I couldn’t wake up from." Everyone was screaming, crying, and panicking," Nina recalled. "No one believed it. Nina woke up her sister and the three women hustled to the ground floor. Nina's building, the East tower, was built over a decade after the North and South towers.īut in the heat of the moment, no one knew what to expect. All I kept thinking was that’s going to happen to our building."Ĭhamplain Towers North and East were later deemed safe, though residents have been offered a place to relocate if they'd like. They were stuck there," she said. "At that moment, I didn’t know what was happening. "I also remember seeing people on the remaining balconies screaming and panicking. "I remember seeing my old friend’s apartment, half of it gone. I knew a family there too and was so scared for them," she said.Įveryone the Le Troadecs know who live in Champlain Towers South - including an old classmate from elementary school and family friends - survived.Īfter condo collapse, another battle: Rescue crews had to fight an underground fire Nina's mind trailed to the people she knew who lived in the South tower. The next time they looked out the window, half the building was gone. The family was still in shock as a cloud of dust approached their balcony. A friend had come over earlier Wednesday and her room was a mess. She was still awake when the commotion started. Her dad lives in New York but visits often. When her family settled in South Florida, they moved to the Champlain Towers - she's lived there ever since. The rising high school junior was born in Switzerland but moved to Surfside with her mom and sister in 2012. ![]() Live Tuesday: Ask our reporters anything about the Surfside condominium collapse Nina is among hundreds of locals who first saw the Champlain Towers collapse - a front-row seat she never asked for, just behind her bedroom curtains, even before first responders or news media caught up.įlorida condo tower collapse: More victims named with death toll at 10 and 151 still missing. I couldn't believe I just saw a building collapse right in front of my eyes." "I rush to open my curtains and right as I look out, I see the second part of the building falling," she said. The 15-year-old lives in the Champlain Towers East building in Surfside, Florida - a sister tower to the now-collapsed Champlain Towers South.īut after hearing a huge noise from outside, she went to her bedroom balcony view and couldn't believe her eyes. When Nina Le Troadec used to look out her bedroom balcony, she saw a skyline. ![]()
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