Tonight a family of 7 is homeless after their house collapsed with them inside. It happened on Saturday morning just before 7 o'clock on Neal's Penn Road. Home owner, Helen Waller was at home with her children and common-law husband when the cement flooring in the kitchen area of her wooden structure home suddenly collapsed.
Voice of: Helen Waller, home owner
"This morning I was eating my breakfast and then I just heard a crack and then after that my boyfriend and I just slide down the cement post. My children were sleeping."
Monica Bodden
"You were just having breakfast when the flooring of your home collapse?"
Voice of: Helen Waller, home owner
"Yes ma'am."
Monica Bodden
"So you came tumbling down?"
Voice of: Helen Waller, home owner
"Rolling down. Five of us, my boyfriend, my brother and my two children were inside at the time."
Monica Bodden
"This happened early Saturday morning?"
Voice of: Helen Waller, home owner
"Yes about after 7am."
Monica Bodden
"What injuries did you received?"
Voice of: Helen Waller, home owner
"I got a dig by my hand, on my feet and on my legs. I was so frightened, I couldn't believe it but it just happen."
Monica Bodden
"Since then have you been able to get any assistance or anything?"
Voice of: Helen Waller, home owner
"No ma'am; no assistance from nowhere. I went by the minister's house but I never saw him; he will be there this afternoon."
Monica Bodden
"Was the house an old house?"
Voice of: Helen Waller, home owner
"From creation this house is up. It's difficult because I have nowhere to go and then I need help because majority of my things got destroyed."
