Maryjane García-Stanley said a loud sound from outside her mobile home in south Scottsdale woke her and her family up on Sunday night. 

She quickly grabbed a pair of shoes and a flashlight and walked out under the storm, only to find her mom, Suzette García, who lived next door, trapped under the kitchen wall and the stove that was once part of what used to be her home. 

“I heard a big bang and (my wife) had seen a bright light,” García-Stanley said. “I ran to the door, looked out. It (her trailer) was completely gone.”

García's was one of several homes that had been blown away by a strong monsoon storm that swept across the Valley that night, leaving downed power lines, road closures, and power outages over Phoenix metro and its surrounding areas.

According to Dustin Zamboni, fire marshal with Salt River Fire Department, firefighters received 41 calls on Sunday night, out of which more than 30 were related to damages caused by the storm. Zamboni said most calls were about downed power lines, damaged mobile homes and vehicle accidents on the freeway. 

Three other houses in the same residential area as García had broken windows, destroyed storage houses, lost items and water damage from flooding caused by the rain. The power line that provided electricity for their homes had also fallen in the middle of their street.

García-Stanley said the electricity company was still working on repairs as of Wednesday afternoon, leaving them with no air conditioning, among other services, for over 48 hours under extreme heat conditions, while her mother recovers from her injuries in the hospital.

García-Stanley said immediately after noticing her mom's home was gone that night, she looked for her under the debris and kept desperately calling her, but the storm was loud. 

She felt a long time passed before she could find her, she said. 

“I ran out, it was pouring and the rain just drenched me immediately,” she said. “I kept calling her until she finally heard me. I could hear her saying something, but it was all muffled because the rain was so loud.”

When she finally found her mom, trapped under a wall, things didn’t seem much better for her. She said she tried to lift up the debris to let her mom out but she “couldn’t push it over.”

“I could hear my mom in pain, I was upset and I was mad at myself because I couldn’t push that stupid wall over,” she said. 

Monsoon aftermath:Storms across Phoenix area cause road closures and power outages

García-Stanley said she first called her aunt, Elaine Cabrera, and asked her for help as she also lives in the same residential area. 

Cabrera called 911, grabbed a raincoat, boots and walked out to help her niece. Cabrera said the storm also caused flooding and as she ran the water raised up to her knees. 

“I was horrified when I saw her,” Cabrera said. “We were trying to push everything off, get her out.”

Cabrera and her niece were able to partially lift up the wall and noticed García’s legs were also trapped under the stove. 

Cabrera said in a moment of desperation, she lifted the kitchen wall and held it up with her shoulder so her niece could push the stove and pull García out. 

“The adrenaline kicked in because there was no way I could lift that,” Cabrera said. “She had lacerations all over, especially in the back. She kept saying it hurt and she didn’t want to be pulled out.”

But García-Stanley said she grabbed her from underneath the arms, pulled her out from under the rubble and took her inside her home while firefighters arrived. 

“She was complaining about her back. I told her ‘Mom, you’re gonna have to take that pain, ‘cause we gotta get you out of here,’” García-Stanley said.

Svegi García, Suzette García’s 7-year-old grandson, said he’s glad his grandmother, whom he calls Nana, survived, but he said he was scared when he saw her injuries. 

“I just didn’t like the scratches, there was also a big lump, I hated the one on her back,” Svegi García said. “My stomach was feeling horrible, I was just worried about my Nana.”

Firefighters came about 40 minutes after calling 911, García-Stanley said. 

“There were a lot of things happening, downed power lines, there were car accidents, so it was understandable,” she said. “When they did get here, there was a lot of firefighters that showed up. They took her out, put her in the ambulance.”   

According to Zamboni, firefighters received the call around 8:30 p.m., and left the area just before 9:30 p.m. 

"There were multiple downed powerlines. There was a tractor trailer that rolled over and took down power lines, and the storm caused a domino effect, forcing road closures," Zamboni said. 

Suzette Garcia was taken to the hospital with severe injuries to her back and underwent back surgery on Tuesday, Cabrera said. According to García-Stanley, her mom called after the surgery and told her "she just wanted to come back home."

"I told her 'Mom, you don't have a home anymore,'" García-Stanley said. "I told her she will have to live with me from now on, and she's started taking it lightly and said 'Ok, you'll be stuck with me now.'"

Suzette García will have to undergo treatment to be able to walk again after the surgery, García-Stanley said. After completing her recovery, she plans on staying with her daughter until she finds a new place. 

García-Stanley said her mom had purchased the trailer she lost a little over a year ago, as it had been her dream for a long time to move closer to her family at the Salt River Pima-Maricopa tribal reservation. 

“She’s feeling the loss of her home,” García-Stanley said. “This is where she grew up, this is our family land right here, and she’s always wanted to move back home. And she was able to, and she was happy.” 

Cabrera said family members showed up around 5 a.m. on Monday and had been helping since then to recover García's belongings. 

“We started digging through the rubbish, mainly trying to find her pictures, because those mean a lot to her,” García-Stanley said. “My family just came on their own. They surprised me because I haven’t seen a lot of them in a while. We have been at it all night, since then we haven’t even been to sleep yet.”

García’s family also created a GoFundMe page to raise funds to help cover surgery and repair costs. As of Wednesday afternoon, they had fundraised over $5,000. Cabrera and García-Stanley said they feel "truly grateful" toward the people who have donated and helped them so far. 

“We really appreciate everything,” García-Stanley said. "I feel very grateful for everyone's prayers and for all of those who have kept my mom in their thoughts." 

Reach breaking news reporter Laura Daniella Sepulveda at lsepulveda@lavozarizona.com  or on Twitter @lauradNews.

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