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Or see something first that made you know something terrible was about to happen? >> should i turn? >> yeah, you can turn, sure. >> the fireplace completely -- the -- the storm blew it off. and so, there was a hole in the house where the fireplace was. and then, i went over to see it because i had decided to hunker down in the hallway. i came over to see it. and the wind was blowing. i thought, okay, maybe, i better get away from here. so i -- i walked back toward the hallway. and i felt myself drop. i had no idea i had dropped to what was the ground. >> reporter: you landed on your feet? >> y...
Looking at it from outside and seeing the -- the damage, yeah. >> reporter: it -- it is your home and that's why i wanted to leave the surprise about the story to daniel over here. daniel was in his house right next door with his wife. very -- >> girlfriend. >> oh, girlfriend, i'm sorry. >> don't get me in trouble. >> are you ready to propose? >> really get him in trouble. >> got him there. see, we are trying to have a good time while we are other too. but here is what i want to ask you. you saw his house collapse. you said what in the text? >> i sent a picture. like hey man i got some bad new...
He was on the second floor of the house and plunged ten feet into the bottom of the house. he wasn't seriously hurt. he hurt his ankle. he hurt his hand. he hurt his foot but he will be okay. but this very same house he lived when katrina came. roof was damaged back then. he wasn't home he was out of town but he came back and over the last 16 years, he's been fixing up this house. he's been rebuilding things. just got a new lighting system a couple weeks ago and this is the man right here. this is dart and next to dart, i want to tell you, is daniel tan. daniel's a neighbor. i am going to tell...
A final thing i want to ask you is this. do you have insurance for your home? >> unfortunately, i don't. i was paying for repairs out of pocket and it put me in a position where i couldn't afford it. i -- i -- quite honestly, i'm up for a promotion at work that's really significant. i've been underemployed because the house was in code enforcement with the city. i had some fines and some fees to take care of. some back taxes. so figured if my house was in code enforcement, i would work in code enforcement and be there with it. and to answer your question, no. so -- >> i'm sorry about that. >> ...