SCOAN: Story Of Survivor Who Spent 5 Days Under Debris

A 33-year-old South African woman trapped for 5 days in the rubble of a collapsed Synagogue Church building has narrated her ordeal.

Lindiwe Ndwandwe, South African survivor of SCOAN building collapse. Credits: AFP

The tragedy occurred September 12, when the building belonging to pastor T.B. Joshua’s Synagogue Church Of All Nations (SCOAN) fell down, leaving scores of people dead and many injured and trapped.
One of those caught under the debris was Lindiwe Ndwandwe. Several ghastly days she had to spend waiting for the rescue, she could only hear the screams of those beneath the rubble slowly fade.

Speaking with AFP Sunday, September 20, the woman finally found courage to share her story and provide the details like the one that she had no other choice but drink urine to survive.

Lindiwe Ndwandwe, South African survivor of SCOAN building collapse. Credits: AFP

Trapped inside a toilet next to the dining hall of the crashed building, the survivor could breathe only through a tiny hole in the wreckage for several days.