BUXTON, N.C. — Normally you might think a house can't just grow legs and walk away from the oceanfront in Buxton, but that's exactly what happened within the past 10 days for Lat and Debby Williams. A mover took their longtime family beach house, where the two have called home full time since 2017, and relocated it safely away from the ocean.

"You read all the comments on Facebook, and everybody goes, why are they bothering, the house is toast, it's gone. We're like, no, we're going to make this happen. And we were able to pull it off," said Lat.

For about seven weeks, the Williams have watched as 15 houses nearby collapsed into the ocean in Buxton — every day holding their breath, not knowing if theirs was next. News 3 spoke with Lat on Oct. 30, when contractors were working to reinforc

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