Nir Family's Miraculous Escape from Champlain Towers

Mother and daughter said they saw garage collapse before running from Surfside condo.

Sara Nir and her daughter Chani Nir, who escaped Champlain Towers moments before the condo collapsed last week, told CNN's John Berman on Tuesday night that they initially thought neighbors were doing construction.

Nir said she had just returned home to her two children around 12:30 a.m. from a Chabad Yud Beis Tamuz Farbrenging for women, when she started hearing “knocking sounds.”