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'I knew I will be safe': Neighbors carried 88-year-old survivor of Florida condo collapse to safety Updated: 10:22 AM EDT Jun 30, 2021 Lauren M. Johnson, CNN Share Updated: 10:22 AM EDT Jun 30, 2021
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Show Transcript who we think that something like this Will happen at 1:30 AM, in your life, in my old age that I will see something so horrible like this 88 year old Esther Garfinkel was on the fifth floor, my whole apartment. Shake my bed. I was sleeping. Shake I have my my my nightgown. I put a house called alone, unaware of what happened wearing only slippers. She headed down the stairwell as slowly as a shocked 88 year old could and when she reached the garage help appeared from behind, it's a group from the 11th floor neighbors who would carry her out safely. They pushed me out and we got into water and in front of it was a lot of debris and we saw a home. They picked me up carrying me on my, his back outside and I saw the sky. I know I will be out. We interviewed Albert, a ghetto last week. He was one of the men who carried Esther out and he reflected on their encounter. She was obviously shaken. She was like, I lived a good life. I'm good. I was like, no, no, you're gonna make it to the 89th birthday. I promised remember that. Yeah, it's too right. Right. I remember everything. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. You guys are heroes and angels. Really? Because they saved my mom's life Esther now remembering the friends and neighbors that she lost. My heart is broken. Because let me tell you, I have a friend on the third floor with her husband. I don't think there aren't more anymore. And you're older lady that used to be in the seventh floor. She's gone to and it's killing me and cherished memories are gone. My mother's wedding pictures, my Children's wedding pictures. Pictures from my husband that brought from europe after the war. Everything is in there. My port bears are dead. I need to birds there. What now? I don't know. I don't know what's going to happen
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