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WEBVTT MICHELLE MEREDITH. AND MICHELLE, ENGINEERS WERE ON SITE TODAY TO SEE IF THE HOME IS EVEN SALVAGEABLE. MICHELLE: THEY ARE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT KIND OF DAMAGE IT DID TO THE ENTIRE HOUSE. WE ARE ABOUT STRUCTURAL DAMAGE. SO RIGHT NOW IT SITS HERE, PATCHED UP WITH A CONDEMNED STICKER ON THE FRONT DOOR. TODAY IS ASSESSMENT DAY, THE DAY STRUCTURAL ENGINEERS MET WITH THE HOME OWNERS TO GET A FEEL FOR WHAT IS NEXT. CAN THE HOUSE BE PUT BACK TOGETHER OR DOES IT NEED TO COME DOWN, AND BE REBUILT? ONE NEIGHBOR HAS SURVEILLANCE VIDEO OF THE CRANE CRASHING INTO THE HOUSE, THE IMPACT SO LOUD THAT EVEN THOUGH IT’S SHOT FROM A DISTANCE, YOU CAN HEAR IT. SO WHAT HAPPENED? WHAT MADE THE CRANE TIP OVER AND SLICE THE HOUSE DOWN THE MIDDL -- DOWN THE MIDDLE? THE SAFETY DIRECTOR FOR THE CRANE COMPANY SAYS ONE BRACE USED TO STABILIZE THE CRANE SUNK INTO THE SOFT GRASS. YOU CAN SEE IT. THE SAFETY DIRECTOR SAYS THE CRANE OPERATOR INSPECTED THE GROUND BEFORE HE SET THE BRACES DO PUT PADS DOWN TO REINFORCE, BUT THAT YOU CAN’T SEE WHAT’S UNDER THE GROUND. THE CRANE WAS LIFTING MATERIALS TO ROOFERS, SOME WHO WERE ON THE ROOF WHEN THE CRANE CAME TUMBLING DOWN. >> MY GUYS WERE ON THE BACKSIDE OF THE ROOF. MISSED A COUPLE OF THEM, BARELY. THEY WERE A LITTLE SHOOK UP BUT LUCKILY NO ONE WAS INJURED. MICHELLE: IN THE MEANTIME, THE HOUSE ON UPPER PARK ROAD CONTINUES TO BE THE TALK OF BALDWIN PARK, CENTRAL FLORIDA, AND THE NATION REALLY. >> IT LOOKS LIKE SOMETHING OUT OF RIPLEYS BELIEVE IT OR NOT. MICHELLE: THE OWNERS OF THE HOUSE SAYS THEY ARE TRYING T PICK UP THE PIECES. THEY RENOVATED THE INSIDE OF THEIR HOUSE A YEAR AGO. ARE THEIR DAUGHTERS DEVASTED? YES, THEY’RE 10 AND 13-YEARS-OLD. WHEN IT HAPPENED THEY WERE AT SCHOOL. MOM AND DAD WERE AT WORK. BUT THEY SAY THEY MOVE ON WITH WHAT IS IMPORTANT. EACH OTHER. NOW I HAVE JUST HEARD FROM THE OWNERS AND THEY TELL ME

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