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Ceiling collapses on mother and child in Lafayette Himbola Manor apartment
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LAFAYETTE, La (KLFY) -- A Lafayette woman and her children were forced to flee their apartment after the ceiling fell on them while they were in bed.
Diamond Sullivan and her children live at Himbola Manor. She says Sunday morning, when she was lying in bed with her young daughter, the ceiling caved in and fell on top of them.
Sullivan says she never expected her ceiling would fall on her, as it happened so suddenly.
"It didn't look like the ceiling would fall, you know. It just came out of nowhere. Like, I was shocked," said Sullivan.
She says she's thankful the only injuries she suffered were a few bruises and a scratch. After the ceiling fell, Sullivan says she reached out to the apartment complex's manager right away, but did not hear back until Tuesday.
"I emailed her, and the only thing she had said was, 'When did this happen?' After I told her, she never emailed me back," Sullivan said.
Sullivan says it's been difficult since having to leave the apartment, but she's trying to remain strong. Especially since the start of school is around the corner. Terrance St. Julien, founder of Pay it Forward, Lending a Helping Hand, says when he got the call about Sullivan's situation, it was a little different from what his organization usually handles, but that did not stop him from wanting to help.
"For her to reach out to me for that reason, let me know that something is not being done," said St. Julien.
Sullivan says the experience is both shocking and traumatic. Going forward, she says she wants the complex to be held accountable for things like this because it is not the first time she has heard of a ceiling falling in at Himbola.
"People don't deserve to live like that, you know, no matter if it's low-income people paying rent. Nobody deserves to live like that, so I just hope they do something," Sullivan said.
News 10 contacted management at Himbola Manor for details about the ceiling, to which we were told to contact the apartment complex's corporate office. We spoke with a representative at Foresight Assets Management, who only confirmed they are the corporate office for Himbola Manor and would get back with us by the end of the day.