AUSTIN, Texas — Looking at what’s left of the home that partially collapsed during last month’s house explosion, it’s hard to believe anyone inside made it out alive. But Carol Schacherl did.
She survived with multiple broken bones, facial burns, and a traumatic brain injury after a powerful blast tore through her northwest Austin neighborhood on April 13.
At 11:23 a.m. that Sunday, a sudden explosion rocked homes across the city and sent shockwaves as far north as Georgetown. The blast leveled one home and damaged more than 60 others…