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DRAPER — An owner of one of the two homes that slid into a ravine over the weekend in Draper spoke with KSL-TV about the traumatic event.
Colin Kimble didn't feel comfortable going back to his old neighborhood in Hidden Canyon Estates Monday, so we spoke with him elsewhere.
"Super scary, and you see my 14-year-old son, his room laying on the canyon floor, and that's scary," he said.
That's what went through Kimble's head over the weekend as his home slid into the ravine behind Springtime Road, along with his neighbor's home.
Both homeowners had been out of their homes since October. That's when Draper told them they had to leave.
"I wanted to stay," Kimble said. "My wife did not. Our builder thought that the home was safe."
So, the couple and their five children moved out, but he never thought his home would slide into the ravine.
"Never did until Friday night," he said.
In January, Edge Homes and Kimble came to a financial agreement and settled. He signed a non-disparagement agreement.
When he saw the video of his home going over the edge Saturday, he was filled with emotion.
"I never thought it would fall," Kimble said. "So, there's an odd closure that comes with it falling that like ... the city made the right decision and we're all safe and that's the thing at the end."
He counts his family lucky and feels sadness from putting so much time and energy into their dreams, and now that's gone. But the families that they befriended in that neighborhood are still going through this traumatic episode.
"The families that we made friends with are being removed and that's the hard part," he said.
Kimble's family is stabilizing in a new home in a different neighborhood, but he still wants to support his old community.
"You lose the community, so you constantly have to rebuild that when you move," he said.
Kimble was going to a community meeting Monday evening with the homebuilder to support his former neighbors. He hopes this is a learning experience for everybody, including his family.
