VIDEO: Woman's ceiling comes crashing down in Queens

Tuesday, July 12, 2016
ASTORIA, Queens (WABC) -- A sudden and frightening ceiling collapse inside an apartment in Queens was caught on camera.

The woman, who lives there, Christina, first noticed a crack on the ceiling in her Astoria apartment a few days before.
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The management company took a look and said they'd be back later to fix it.

On Saturday, Christina heard cracking noises and started to move her belongings out of the room.

"Moving the futon and I heard it really, really start to creak, I'm right underneath it. So, I ran back, I had my phone in my back pocket, and I took my phone out and filmed it. This was half the ceiling, cement, thick cement, and it clearly shocked me," Christina said.
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Christina says her management company is blaming the collapse on the age of the building.

They're now patching-up her ceiling.
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