By Tim Binnall
A jaw-dropping home security video from Hawaii shows the moment when a woman narrowly missed being crushed by a massive boulder that barreled through her home. According to a local media report, the astounding incident occurred this past Saturday evening in the Honolulu neighborhood of Palolo. As homeowner Caroline Sasaki was heading into her living room to watch television, she suddenly heard a strange boom and briefly paused before the enormous boulder came rolling through her home right in front of her.
Conceding that she has yet to watch the now-viral video of the near miss, she marveled that "they said if I took one more step, I probably wouldn't be here." Sasaki credits her good fortune to an injured leg which causes her to walk slowly, though in this instance, it just so happened to be the perfect pace. Authorities say that the boulder, which measured a staggering five feet by five feet and weighed a whopping 3,000 pounds, first smashed through a cinder block wall of the home and then shattered a glass door as it rolled through Sasaki's living room before ultimately coming to rest in a bedroom.
The boulder's origin has proven to be something of a contentious issue since it came crashing into Sasaki's home as she and her family believe that it was dislodged from a construction project on a cliff side above her home. "I was in fear of this happening," she said, indicating that she had concerns from the moment the nearby work started. It remains uncertain if that was where the boulder came from, though the city has issued a stop work order for the project while they assess if there is any potential for similarly dangerous incidents to occur. Fortunately for Sasaki, she has gotten some relief when it comes to removing the giant rock as a local construction company has reportedly volunteered to extricate the onerous object free of charge.