It was a series of unfortunate events at Twin Towers East Friday when residents experienced flooding due to a pipe burst, leaving some residents without their belongings.

Resident advisors, Marshall University maintenance, Kappa Alpha Order and others were on hand to assist with the crisis.

Marshall student Keberick Clark was not affected by the flood, but witnessed it firsthand.

“I was in my room when the fire alarm went off,“ Clark said. “I went downstairs and then when I came back up, I saw the entire half of the floor starting to flood. I looked around the corner and in room 513 there was a water line break for the sprinklers.”

The flooding occurred on floors two through five but not all rooms were affected.

“A friend of mine’s room was flooded and he had to leave for a couple of days while they got everything situated,” Clark said. “He went to his frat house to stay there and a few others went to other rooms in Towers. “

Freshman Seth Blais said he was napping Friday when he was woken by the fire alarm.

“I saw water coming down once we got back in,” Blais said. “We went to help our friends get stuff out of their room because theirs started flooding first.”

Blais said their room was the only room on their side of the hall that was affected.

“It skipped through three rooms on that side (of the hallway) and then just hit that one (Blais’ room),” Blais said.

Blais lives on the seventh floor, but said he has not heard anything about compensation in the aftermath of the flooding.

“I have a bunch of clothes that aren’t there anymore, so that’s what I’m trying to figure out,” Blais said.

Housing and Residence Life is in the process of repairing the rooms for the students.

Mercedez Speight can be contacted at [email protected].