‘Something inside me said run’: Surfside survivor describes escaping as building came down Updated: Tags: SURFSIDE, Fla. – It’s an unbelievable story of survival. For 64-year-old Iliana Monteagudo it’s as if a supernatural force she said woke her up and guided her from her sixth floor unit at Champlain Towers South. “I feel like strange sounds, and I run to my living room,” she told Local 10 News’ Christina Vazquez. She thought what she was hearing was possibly wind coming through her balcony sliding doors, and then she spotted a crack, snaking its way down the wall. “The ceiling, down,” she said. “When I see that, something inside of me said run because this building will collapse.”