Edit: moved to 07.
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bones206 said:
So the logic I am inferring from this sequence is that the collapse in the garage documented by the tik tok video could not have PRECEEDED the collapse of the surface parking area near the lobby, or they certainly would have noticed it before getting on the elevator.
mechinnc said:
So where does the few minutes between patio collapse and building collapse fit in with what this crew saw? Presumably the garage collapse as seen in the tic tok vid had not happened yet while they were in the garage.
The timeline and 911 call timestamps are helpful in understanding what we currently know about this. Nicolas Vazquez's statements are difficult to evaluate by someone who does not speak Spanish and are subject to future clarification.
This is my understanding. Everything was happening very fast at that moment. Adriana Sarmiento's TikTok video starts after the Vazquezes got out of the garage. So her video is showing us what the garage entrance looked like right after the deck collapsed. By that time, the Vazquezes were up in the lobby with the Nirs.
[ul]
[li]<1:15 am: Vazquez/Accardi drive back from dinner, park in the garage, walk to the elevator, hear a weird cracking sound, get on the elevator[/li]
[li]~1:15 am: Deck collapse, witnessed from the lobby by Sara Nir from 111 and Shamka Furman, security guard[/li]
[li]1:16:27 am 911: "A big explosion" "earthquake." This call may be from Shamoka Furman[/li]
[li]<1:16:39: fire alarm directs elevator to lobby[/li]
[li]
1:16:39 am 911: Central Alarm Control calls in fire alarm.[/li]
[li]>1:16:39: Vazquez/Accardi exit elevator into smokey/dusty lobby, hear car alarms, see "sunken cars", and run out of the building with the Nirs just before the building collapses. In one interview, Vazquez said their entire experience occurred in less than five minutes. Sara Nir said that the building collapse just as they crossed Collins.[/li]
[li]1:17:49 am 911: "earthquake" "the garage" "something underground... everything exploded down." *May also be Shamoka Furman[/li]
[li]1:18 am: Adriana Sarmiento begins to video the rubble seen in the garage entrance.[/li]
[li]1:22 am: Building collapses.[/li]
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What I am still baffled by is what Sara Nir heard at 1:10 am. She said it sounds like a wall collapsing. All three Nirs said in multiple interviews there were three collapses preceded by the knocking sounds (which Chani Nir says were already happening at 11:00 pm):
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[li]1:10 am: Sara Nir hears what sounds like a wall collapsing[/li]
[li]1:15 am: Sara Nir and Shamoka Furman witness the deck collapse[/li]
[li]1:22 am: All witness the building collapse[/li]
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