Two-and-a-half-year-old Trey Walker escaped death yesterday morning when his father, Trevonlee, grabbed him mere seconds before the family's kitchen in their San Fernando home came crashing down.Walker, 29, in an interview yesterday, said he was grateful that he was able to pull Trey to safety because, "five more seconds and my son would have been dead."
He is appealing for assistance since he fears the rest of his house at 85 Priam Street, Diamond Village, would come crashing down soon and the family of six would have nowhere to live.Walker said: "I deem it to be a disaster. The rest of the house pulling. My neighbours tell me not to go back into the house, the whole foundation not good. We have nowhere to stay. Nowhere to go. I do not know what assistance I could get, we really need it right now."
He said around 9.30 am he was at home with his son when Trey went into the kitchen to put his bottle in the sink.Walker said when the child entered the kitchen, he heard a loud cracking sound and he also walked towards the kitchen."The cracking sound started to get faster and faster. I look at the ceiling, but the flooring was giving way and pulling the ceiling. I just grab my son and dive out of the kitchen. As soon as I come out the kitchen with my son I just see the whole kitchen come down in a loud crash.
"Everything–fridge, freezer, stove–everything just gone. The toilet–everything just gone," Walker said, shaking his head as he looked helplessly at the remains of his kitchen.Walker lives with his mother Verna, 62, who is a heart patient, Trey and his other son Maurice, four, as well as his common-law wife Mauricha, 26, and nephew Deyonte, 18.He said the heavy rains over the past couple of days contributed to the collapse of the kitchen.
Yesterday a gaping hole was visible where Walker's kitchen once stood.The concrete pillars of the house were exposed and large cracks were visible in the remaining wall of the kitchen, from which teacups hung precariously. The bathroom, which stood next to the kitchen, also collapsed yesterday.Appliances, utensils and foodstuff lay overturned in the family's backyard surrounded by chunks of the fallen concrete.
Yesterday, Verna could not hold back her tears of anguish as she asked for help for her family.She said: "Right now I am in a mess. I do not know where to turn right now. I would like to see if I could get come help with a house or something."You could hear the cracking going on inside like the other part going to collapse.Walker said he does not have $150,000 to purchase the land, but if they got an HDC home or an apartment they would pay their instalments.
Anyone interested in assisting the Walker family can contact 361-2767.