‘One more step and I wouldn’t be here’: Terrifying moment BOULDER crashes through $1M Hawaii home

A Hawaii family was given a rude awakening over the weekend when a massive boulder crashed through their $1 million home, narrowly missing a woman inside.  

Caroline Sasaki, 65, was getting ready to watch TV before bed at around midnight Saturday when the 5-foot by 5-foot rock flew down a nearby hill, plowed through a concrete wall and car before landing in her Palolo home. 

While Caroline was miraculously unscathed, the giant boulder left a trail of damage in its wake after it crashed through the second story of the home before eventually stopping in a bedroom.

‘If I took one more step, I probably wouldn’t be here,’ she told KITV4. 

Hawaii woman Caroline Sasaki narrowly missed a runaway boulder as it plowed through her family home just before midnight on Saturday

Hawaii woman Caroline Sasaki narrowly missed a runaway boulder as it plowed through her family home just before midnight on Saturday

The Palolo home was left with a gaping hole and considerable damage after the rock flew down a nearby hill and crashed into the second floor

The Palolo home was left with a gaping hole and considerable damage after the rock flew down a nearby hill and crashed into the second floor

The Palolo home was left with a gaping hole and considerable damage after the rock flew down a nearby hill and crashed into the second floor 

Following her close shave, the 65-year-old said: 'If I took one more step, I probably wouldn't be here'

Following her close shave, the 65-year-old said: 'If I took one more step, I probably wouldn't be here'

Following her close shave, the 65-year-old said: ‘If I took one more step, I probably wouldn’t be here’

‘All I heard was the boom when the glass cracked on the sliding glass door, so then I backed up and I guess it passed right through’.

Sasaki revealed that the close shave came just a week after her family moved into the newly built $1 million Hawaii property, which now features a gaping hole across its second floor.

She added that she suffers from a bad leg, which may have actually helped her avoid the boulder’s path as she can only walk slowly.  

Following her brush with death, Sasaki admitted that the runaway boulder moved so quickly she barely even saw it. 

She told Hawaii News Now: ‘Apparently the boulder passed right in front of me, which I didn’t know, as I didn’t see it.

‘All I heard was a boom, and then somebody asking me if I was okay.’

A steep hill near the home in Palolo, Hawaii has undergone drastic changes in recent years, and locals believe construction work may be to blame for the damage

A steep hill near the home in Palolo, Hawaii has undergone drastic changes in recent years, and locals believe construction work may be to blame for the damage

A steep hill near the home in Palolo, Hawaii has undergone drastic changes in recent years, and locals believe construction work may be to blame for the damage

It is unclear what exactly caused the giant boulder to break free, but locals are pointing the finger at a nearby construction project on the hill outside their home. 

Sasaki told KHON2: ‘I was in fear of this happening, from when they started (the project).

‘We have lived in this same location. We just knocked down the old house and rebuilt it, and it’s never happened before. Heavy rain and hurricane warnings, nothing. 

The massive 5-foot by 5-foot boulder plowed through a concrete wall and damaged a car before eventually coming to rest in a second floor bedroom

The massive 5-foot by 5-foot boulder plowed through a concrete wall and damaged a car before eventually coming to rest in a second floor bedroom

The massive 5-foot by 5-foot boulder plowed through a concrete wall and damaged a car before eventually coming to rest in a second floor bedroom

Sasaki said she has lived in the area for a long time, but has never encountered anything like the destruction until construction work began on a nearby hill

Sasaki said she has lived in the area for a long time, but has never encountered anything like the destruction until construction work began on a nearby hill

Sasaki said she has lived in the area for a long time, but has never encountered anything like the destruction until construction work began on a nearby hill 

Shocking footage of the incident shows the giant boulder barely missing the 65-year-old woman, who said after that she is lucky to have been left unscathed

Shocking footage of the incident shows the giant boulder barely missing the 65-year-old woman, who said after that she is lucky to have been left unscathed

Shocking footage of the incident shows the giant boulder barely missing the 65-year-old woman, who said after that she is lucky to have been left unscathed

‘No rocks ever came down. We’ve had some issues with them carving the mountain, and I don’t know if that’s the cause.

‘Department of permitting and planning, the Department of Emergency Management, the mayor, the councilman, they should all get involved because people’s lives are at stake,’.

Another resident also reportedly suffered a similar incident recently, as a smaller rock roughly 2-feet by 2-feet also crashed into the home of one of Sasaki’s neighbors.

However, the construction development’s owner Binging Li believes his project is not to blame for the damage. 

He said: ‘Not at all, this is from way above, I looked at one of those rocks about 50 feet away from on top of the property and landed over there and then made its way down here.

‘So it hit one of the cables that was supposed to stop it and the cable snapped. That took a lot of energy away otherwise this damage would be way more.’ 

Dawn Takeuchi Apuna, Director of Honolulu’s Department of Planning and Permitting (DPP), also responded to claims the development is to blame. 

They said: ‘The neighboring landowner submitted applications to the Department of Planning and Permitting (DPP) for demolition, grading and building permits for a proposed two-story, two-family detached residence. 

‘DPP reviewed those applications, including the plans, scope of work and compliance with pertinent codes and ordinances. 

‘As a result of the recent rock fall event, DPP sent out inspectors to determine whether the developer exceeded the permitted scope of work and plans, and complied with all codes and ordinances. 

‘DPP’s investigation is ongoing, and the city is unable to determine any wrongdoing by the developer at this time. 

‘It would be irresponsible and premature to point any fingers at any particular party, landowner or event without knowing the full details of what has occurred. 

‘We will provide more details as they develop.’

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