‘The Bed Was Floating’: D.C. Woman Loses Home of 20 Years After Water Main Break Floods Neighborhood

For more than two decades, Deatrice Waters built her life inside her Southeast Washington home — a place of comfort, memories, and stability. In early February, she woke up to find it transformed into a nightmare.

“The bed was floating when I woke up,” Waters told ABC 7 News.

The flooding followed a water main break near 51st Street and Southern Avenue SE, not far from the Marshall Heights neighborhood.

Nearly a dozen families were displaced after a DC Water pipe burst, sending water rushing into homes while residents slept…

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