Forty-six-year-old Riddhi Kalchandani was sitting in the living room of her fourth floor apartment with her husband and her son at about 10:30 am on Tuesday, when suddenly, she felt the floor under her feet drift away.

Before she knew it, she was covered under debris, barely realising that her home had just collapsed, and almost all her family members were trapped under the rubble, just as she was. Five hours later, rescue personnel pulled her out and rushed her to a nearby hospital. Riddhi is still unaware that her husband and 22-year-old son died in the collapse and were being cremated while she lay in the hospital.