Survivor tells how he cheated death as Bangkok skyscraper collapses in quakebr br A construction worker tells AFP how he cheated death when a 30-story Bangkok skyscraper collapsed in mere seconds after a massive earthquake hit Myanmar and Thailand. Burmese worker Khin Aung, who is searching for his brother, is one of many tearful family members gathering at the remains of the crumbled building, clinging to shreds of hope that their loved ones who were working when it fell might be found alive.