Couple that survived Surfside building collapse shares their stories on one-year mark

Janette and Albert Aguero narrowly escaped Champlain Towers South early that morning on June 24th, 2021. They were staying in a family-owned unit, 1106, nearly 15 feet away from the side of the building that collapsed.

[@swimmingturtle00]

What fortune to have your spouse & kids & too also be able to share such an experience with. I wish your family peace and happiness.

[@clapiotis]

Kudos to CBS Miami for the respectful and wonderfully structured news coverage. Greetings from Athens, Greece.

[@shelley6746]

I cannot even imagine being apart of this horrible tragedy 💔😪

[@SheckleRFan715]

were you a survivor?

[@helengarsed3979]

From Australia, Thank Goodness Happy News this Family Survived this Terrible Tragity but will Never forget what they Saw and Still be Affected in their Life.I do hope they are getting the Help they need and Counseling .😇💗🦋👋⚘

[@hlowrylong]

Sweet momma. Survivor guilt can be really tough.

[@SheckleRFan715]

reminds me of final destination. you can't cheat death.

[@katherinebrown6430]

Thank God these people all survived and their family is intact. Blessings to your future !

[@12hunter100]

Omg , this feels like ages ago, this still terrifies me, they are So lucky they are still here

[@williamhaynes7089]

The reason they made it out was the sheer wall by their unit... good thing they picked that one out...

[@susandickerman4939]

They were so lucky. It wasn't their time. That's all I can say. A miracle.

[@dreamersruleNOW]

Wow! I’ll live on first floor thanks

[@b.j.hinote4301]

I dont think id go either. Love hugs and prayers

[@Mickt6]

there is question no body answered before where are the videos taken from the security cameras all around the building that was stored into a computor or server in the guards office in that portion that stood up ??

[@isaidwhatisaid1722]

Intentional? I think so too. I heard it has something to do with McAfee

[@shannonrickard8605]

@@isaidwhatisaid1722 Thats been debunked over and over. He never owned or had anything to do with any property in that building. That whole conspiracy theory was based on one tweet that was posted on tiktok and was fake.

[@V5Bs]

Dad has lost a bunch of weight. Wow!

[@silasmcgee3647]

Hearing about this a year ago on the news has me looking at some of the rickety old apartment buildings in my area very differently even though they're not nearly as big as this Tower was in terms of number of units and height but they are far from mint

[@southendbos]

I wonder if anyone connected the dots and associated the cracks with a potential collapse given what they knew from what was discussed at the board meetings.

[@MissValdostaFeedAndGrain]

Umm these people were interviewed multiples times last year. This isn’t their first time sharing their story.

[@mopthermopther]

Did that condo collapse again ?

[@suzannemartin6817]

No, they just interviewed family that survived it. The anniversary of the collapse is in two days

[@WTF_BBQ]

Gotta keep that fear and misery going........

[@spunn_co]

wow i was thinking same thing

[@Hisloyalservantslistenlove613c]

The further we get from the lifestyle in the original Bible and the ways of our ancestors and logical choices.. then the more risks we take. Living in a beehive type structure is not ideal. When you are in your own house you can make repairs immediately.. no waiting for someone else’s approval. Living so close to the water is dangerous. The value of a property in scripture is calculated by how many harvests you can get out of it before the jubilee year. We are meant to be in touch with the land.. not with sand. Tearing down trees on a shoreline to build apartments is actually removing the natural hurricane barrier.. something that weakens a storm. Are houses too expensive? Get a fixer upper in a more rural area. Think about all the dangerous things in modern life. Are they necessary?

[@tomcat5151]

I've never heard about ecological conservation from a religious standpoint. similarly, I can't say I've heard religion (note:, my reference is only the Bible and Christian religions, I'm vaguely aware of Jainism and Buddhism's belief towards respecting all living things), put any kind of emphasis on ecological conservation, or even reexamining how we value property. very interesting, I appreciate the perspective. if you don't mind, can you refer me to some books/verses/scripture that touches on what you mentioned?

[@Hisloyalservantslistenlove613c]

@@tomcat5151 I’ll try to look them up tomorrow morning HaShem willing

[@Hisloyalservantslistenlove613c]

@@tomcat5151 Leviticus 27: 14 And when a man shall sanctify his house to be holy unto the LORD, then the priest shall value it, whether it be good or bad; as the priest shall value it, so shall it stand. 15 And if he that sanctified it will redeem his house, then he shall add the fifth part of the money of thy valuation unto it, and it shall be his. 16 And if a man shall sanctify unto the LORD part of the field of his possession, then thy valuation shall be according to the sowing thereof; the sowing of a homer of barley shall be valued at fifty shekels of silver. 17 If he sanctify his field from the year of jubilee, according to thy valuation it shall stand. 18 But if he sanctify his field after the jubilee, then the priest shall reckon unto him the money according to the years that remain unto the year of jubilee, and an abatement shall be made from thy valuation. 19 And if he that sanctified the field will indeed redeem it, then he shall add the fifth part of the money of thy valuation unto it, and it shall be assured to him. 20 And if he will not redeem the field, or if he have sold the field to another man, it shall not be redeemed any more. 21 But the field, when it goeth out in the jubilee, shall be holy unto the LORD, as a field devoted; the possession thereof shall be the priest's. 22 And if he sanctify unto the LORD a field which he hath bought, which is not of the field of his possession; 23 then the priest shall reckon unto him the worth of thy valuation unto the year of jubilee; and he shall give thy valuation in that day, as a holy thing unto the LORD. 24 In the year of jubilee the field shall return unto him of whom it was bought, even to him to whom the possession of the land belongeth.

[@Hisloyalservantslistenlove613c]

@@tomcat5151 Deuteronomy 20: 19 When thou shalt besiege a city a long time, in making war against it to take it, thou shalt not destroy the trees thereof by wielding an axe against them; for thou mayest eat of them, but thou shalt not cut them down; for is the tree of the field man, that it should be besieged of thee? 20 Only the trees of which thou knowest that they are not trees for food, them thou mayest destroy and cut down, that thou mayest build bulwarks against the city that maketh war with thee, until it fall

[@RestorationRanchHealing]

Amein .

[@nankerphelge7573]

I'll bet it wasn't as bad as January 6th. LOL. Never give up your firearms and God bless America.

[@lisaweyenberg1640]

What a horrible thing to say

[@joepileri4910]

Stupid thing to say. Surfside collapse should not be joked about. Glad you’re proud to live in a country where innocent children get shot and killed for no reason by gun loving idiots who’s biggest concern is losing a ridiculous, antiquated “right” to carry a weapon meant to kill. But wait, Guns don’t kill, people do! What a joke.

[@clapiotis]

You need to see a psychologist. These are not words of a healthy thinking person.

[@shannonrickard8605]

What the hell. The two aren't even comparable. Gross

[@stephanieburns4560]

I get it, you are not being disrespectful of those who lost their life or the survivors, more how skewed the thinking has become in this country where the horror of this tragedy is played down while Jan 6 is over played to sound equivalent or worse. Fair enough.