Basement wall collapses under pressure of Ida flood waters

Dramatic video shows a person walking through ankle-deep floodwater in their family's basement in Cranford when the entire wall caves in with gushing water. Thankfully the family is ok and was not seriously injured.

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[cynthiafields]

Glad he walked through just in time 🙏🏾

[soxrule]

NEVER walk into a flooded area with the power still on!!

[wendymcclendon]

I'm so sorry to everyone having to deal with this. My heart breaks for you.

[MegTelevised]

Water don’t give 2 hoots. It goes where it wants when it wants

[paulbrennan]

That guy was so lucky, he had a angel looking out for him

[CoolsBreeze]

The amount of force with that water was insane. Lucky he wasn't in there. I feel sry for all the damages he's faced.

[gaillewis]

This is some of the most shocking devastation I've ever seen. Ida is a beast that rivals Katrina and Sandy. My heart goes out to everyone affected by this disaster.

[projextnate_]

Bro, he walked through almost just in time. You can win the lottery with that luck 😭

[itsmesanto]

It's crazy it took only 6 seconds for the water to rise upto 6 feet!!!

[v-media]

You can just imagine how that mother and her son passed away in that house basement in Queens😢

[kimstyles]

They turn the sound off. That boy young man was screaming his guts out in terror he was an out. Tragic. Punched a hole in the ceiling stuck his head up so he could breathe. He’s alive

[Mindsetiseverything]

Soooo how is this young man !!! Why post such a horrific clip with no status of the human being obviously walking by !!

[conniebauer]

This really puts my problems into perspective.

[RichardsWorld]

Humans are just a guest on Earth. Show respect.

[stun]

I’ve heard the audio for this and it’s horrifying

[jeansmith]

More blessed than he knew!🙏 If that table had hit him…he.d been done for!🙁

[heene]

He was probably thinking how bad it was BEFORE the wall collapsed. Heartbreaking scenes. Pleased to read below he got out.

[alfulci]

2021 making 2020 look like good ol days

[moistandwhite]

In the audio version you can hear him screaming it’s terrifying

[chosen]

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