From her bedroom, Collado saw her shoes floating away in the water that was now overwhelming her home as the remnants of Ida drenched the area and other communities across the Northeast.
"We have to go right now," Collado said, looking over at her 9-year-old daughter, Kamila Gonzalez. As she readied for the door, her couch floated in from another room. Then the walls in her apartment started collapsing. Collado raced to get out but her door wouldn't budge open. She was trapped and the water was rising quickly.
"The water was up to my neck and I was just banging on my door and screaming for help, for anyone to come help us," Collado said. "My daughter was swimming and holding on to my shoulder because of how deep it was."
That's when a good Samaritan appeared with a building supervisor and together, the two men pried open the door and helped carry the pair outside.
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