Shea Kammerer said her 5-year-daughter is telling everybody she meets that their house is ?broken.?
Kammerer, her husband Brian, their 18-month-old daughter Jaxann and Jordan, the 5-year-old, fell victim to Hurricane Sandy about 4 p.m. Monday.
High winds knocked over a tree that fell onto their house on Dalebrook Drive in Montclair and split it in two.
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Shea Kammerer said her family?s survival was a ?miracle or something like that.?
When the 60-foot tree fell, it landed on the couch where Shea Kammerer had been sitting only seconds earlier.
She said she had just gotten up to go tell her husband, who was in the kitchen, that they should probably start cooking dinner before they lost power.
?I stood up and the next thing I knew, I was on the floor,? she said. ?I was actually right there where the tree is on the couch and my 18-month-old in between the kitchen and the couch and my 5-year-old was in the hallway.?
Shea Kammerer said she hyperventilated a bit after she found her daughters.
?I woke up and looked over my shoulder and I just saw sky,? Shea Kammerer said.
Tuesday morning as she looked over the damage with her husband and a few neighbors who walked over to wish them well.
?I saw sheet rock move and I had to move it out of the way because that?s where my 18-month-old was. I grabbed her picked her up. My 5-year-old was great. She was all hunkered down.?
Shea Kammerer said Jordan is really worried about her toys and wanted her ?American Doll? in particular.
Shea Kammerer said she thinks she satisfied Jordan after she told her that the toys were, ?taking a bath.?
Amy Hale and Jack Lynn, a couple of the neighbors who stopped by to console the Kammerers, said they were ?horrified?? when the tree came down.
?It?s miraculous that she was sitting on that couch and got out,? Hale said.
?As can be imagined, Brian Kammerer?s first thought was for his wife and children.
?You?re worried about the family, wondering where they?re at. You can?t see anything with insulation flying everywhere,? he said.
Brian Kammerer said neighbors came over soon after he and his family escaped the house through the back door.
?I think within five minutes? the nurses from across the street came over and checked on us to make sure we were alright,? he said.
Shea Kammerer said the family was ?blessed, very blessed.?
She and her family are staying in a hotel for now and taking things ?day-by-day.?
Hale said she could take the Kammerers in if need be.
?I have grandchildren, so I have toys,? Hale said.?
Senior reporter Keith Walker can be reached at 703-369-6751.
Source: http://www2.insidenova.com/news/2012/oct/30/tree-splits-montclair-home-two-ar-2323750/
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