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A 70-year-old woman survived after a large tree crushed through her bed at the Oasis at Regal Oaks apartment building in Charlotte, N.C. on Oct. 31

Lenore Richardson opened up about the scary incident, saying that after hearing "a crack," she was "looking at the sky"

Richardson, a grandma, said that she thought about her 3-month-old grandson while trapped, adding, "I was just like, 'I have to see him, I can’t not let him know who I am' ”

A 70-year-old woman is grateful to be alive after nearly being crushed by a tree that crashed into her apartment building.

On Friday, Oct. 31, Lenore Richardson was sitting on her bed at the Oasis at Regal Oaks in Charlotte, N.C., when a large tree suddenly fell into her bedroom, according to reporting by WSOC , ABC News and WTVD .

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