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'It's gonna happen again': Man falls through kitchen floor, urges apartment manager to fix hole

ATLANTA — A southwest Atlanta man told Channel 2 Action News his family feels unsafe in their home after a piece of the kitchen floor collapsed.

Vincent Willis and his family live at the Pavilion Place Apartments, and Willis said on Saturday, a piece of the kitchen floor fell through and swallowed his foot.

"My kids and I are living in an unsafe environment," Willis said.

Willis said his apartment managers are not doing enough to fix the hole problem.

"It's gonna happen again," he said.

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Willis said he fell despite trying to avoid one of the two unstable patches in his kitchen floor.

“I noticed that that can happen to any one of us when I first moved in around April if they don’t come and fix this situation,” he said.

There's no concrete directly underneath the floor. It's about a 5-foot drop to the bottom.

Earlier in the day Wednesday, crews were at the home to patch up the hole, but there's still some soft spots in the home. Until the whole floor is replaced, the family is concerned this could happen again.

“I don’t want anything to happen to my children, as well as myself or my girlfriend,” he said.

Channel 2's Matt Johnson spoke to a manager Wednesday who assured him the entire kitchen floor would be replaced. But Willis says that hasn't happened.

He's already missed half a week of work, and his fears are turning into frustration.

“I feel like they need manpower out here,” Willis said.

Johnson reached out to a manager a second time Wednesday afternoon after seeing the repairs that were done for the day, but his call wasn't returned.