HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. — A Florida mother says she and her six children need a new home after their roof partially collapsed from heavy rain, news outlets report.
CBS News reports that Tkyana Bryant came home Tuesday morning from work to her Hallandale Beach home while her children were sleeping when she heard an "unsettling" sound coming from their room.
Bryant reportedly said she heard the beams crack one by one, leading her to pull the children out of the room before the roof caved in.
"I literally came home from work, 12 hours, and I heard the beam cracking and that's made me take my kids out of there or we would've still been in there," Bryant said to the outlet. "I got everybody out before it started dropping. My son, my last son, was the one, literally the one, I was pulling out as it was coming down."
The article says the collapse was due to the rain, as well as mold and termite damage to the wooden rafters.
In another report from WTVJ-TV, Bryant says her landlord ignored problems with the roof following a flood from earlier this summer. She's called code enforcement due to the building's condition and has an open case.
"We got flooded out on June 12 and he hasn't fixed anything," she told WTVJ-TV. "The doors, the cracks, nothing. This was a problem from the flood. Nothing was fixed."
Both outlets say the American Red Cross is now helping the family with recovery efforts.
"I have to find somewhere for my kids to stay, we don't have anywhere to go. This was our home, this was all we knew for five years," Bryant said.
A building inspector is investigating whether the duplex remains inhabitable, WTJV-TV says.
