In Ridgefield, the massive tree fell through the corner apartment of the building on Brice Street near Slocum Avenue just before 1:30 a.m., forcing evacuations.
Eyewitness News spoke with the family that lives in the apartment hit by the tree.
The father, Rubicon Okudzeto, was visibly emotional, and says he panicked because he was unsure about the condition of his 18-year-old son Gael who became trapped in his room.
Okudzeto says his son fell unconscious moments after he head the big bang in his son's second floor room
"Pray, just praying for a miracle, I want to see a miracle," Rubicon said. "I said a prayer that he could be alive and after 30 minutes he stepped outside and said God is great."
The 18-year-old was rushed to the hospital but only had pain in his arms.
Gael Okudzeto knows he was very fortunate.
"I just think I'm lucky to be alive right now because not everybody would be this lucky," Gael said. "And now we're just thinking of where we are going to stay next right now."
A crew removed the huge section of tree that crashed into the apartment building, but the family is counting their blessings because their son is still alive.
"He's doing OK right now. The doctors who saw him said he's not supposed to be alive," Rubicon said.
He shared video of the inside of their apartment.
Crews are working on the cleanup process, but residents who were evacuated are not able to go inside at this time.
The area around the tree was taped off earlier and the branches were partially sticking out onto where the road.
No other injuries were reported.
Some 10,000 customers remain without power in New Jersey, with the majority of the outage happening after midnight.
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