A New Zealand family of seven is grateful to be alive after surviving a devastating landslide that crushed their house so badly it was pushed into the middle of the street. 9News
Hodgson managed to reach her daughter's bedroom. But when she got to the door where her youngest child had been sleeping, she was stunned in horror that she was not there. Neither was the bedroom.
"We were crawling through mud and glass shouting the kids' names. It was pitch back. The house was still moving. We thought they were buried under the mud, dead," Hanan said."We were still thinking it was an earthquake. It was only when we got to the back of the house - or what once was the back of the house - I realised that the cliff had come down on us."
Covered in mud, the pair stumbled into the road outside, where they could see their neighbours. Hodgson was still distraught, screaming for her daughter. The family were still worried about their two cats Puss Puss, a tabby with white socks, and Rebecca, a long haired black cat, said Hodgson.
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