LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) – On Tuesday, a carport serving residents of Colonial Woods Senior Community in southwest Lansing collapsed, damaging at least seven vehicles.
One 57-year-old woman, who didn’t want to be identified, says the collapse damaged a car that’s a treasure from her past.
She says a 1996 Chevy Caprice she owns was the last thing she possessed from her late father. He passed away in 2005.
“And it just breaks my heart knowing this is the only thing I have left of my parents,” she tells 6 News.
The carport supports appear to have fallen on her car when the structure collapsed Tuesday. There are dents and scratches visible.
“She starts up every morning,” the woman says of the car. “No matter how hot, how cold it is.”
The car is particularly sentimental for her because it was the first brand-new car her father ever purchased.
“My mom had to talk him into it as a retirement gift to himself because he worked 47 years building these vehicles,” she says. Coming from the island of Puerto Rico, he was on top of the world. It was a great accomplishment for him.”