SURFSIDE, Fla. ā A soccer game may have saved Patricia Avilez's life.
Avilez's brother-in-law lives in a condo located in the wing of a 12-story beachfront condo building that collapsed in a town outside Miami early Thursday, killing at least one person.
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When the brother-in-law isn't there, Avilez routinely stops by to pick up the mail and make sure everything in the condo is in order.
āLast night I was thinking, āLet me go over there to sleep over night,ā she said. āI was looking at the soccer game and I changed my mind and I stayed home.ā
She said she woke up at 5:30 a.m. Thursday and headed over to the apartment. On the way, she heard on the radio about the collapse.
āAnd then I came here and itās gone,ā she said. āEverything is disaster.ā