Okotoks business owner Bryce Schutte recalls the moment a car plowed through the front of his store as just a blur and a loud bang.
It happened just before 1:30 p.m. on April 29 at Phonephix in Village Lane.
Seconds after a customer had left the store, the car collided with the wall, which collapsed into the store.
Security footage shows Schutte's wife sitting at a desk very close to where the car struck, and can be seen in the footage wheeling her office chair away from the wall, unaware of the car's approach.
The caved-in wall fell just short of striking her in the head. Had she not moved at that moment, she likely would have been hit.
"I just heard her scream and just jumped up real quick to see what was going on," recalls Schutte. "But it's kind of a blur, just a big sound."
Schutte himself, who was sitting at his desk at the back of the store, was pushed into the wall.
Footage shows him quickly getting to his feet to check on the two people in the store with him, and then approaching to vehicle to check on the driver.
The driver was assessed by emergency crews soon after and cleared of injuries.
According to Schutte, the driver was headed to his store to get some work done on a device.
The circumstances around the crash are still under investigation.
Schutte was largely uninjured, with just a few bruises and scratches, and his wife fared even better.
"Surprisingly, she's even better off than I am. The wall was within millimetres of hitting her, but she came out peacefully unscathed," says Schutte.
That wasn't the only stroke of luck, says Schutte.
"Luckily, where the car hit, it was just like the front panel, and it came down pretty cleanly. If she had been over a little bit, it would have hit one of the main support pillars, and then the whole building would have been shut down for sure, but it seems like the building structure is still fine."
Schutte has been in touch with his insurance company to assess the damage. Several phones displayed on desks were destroyed, as were all of the desks themselves.
The business will be closed for an indefinite period, said Schutte.
Despite the circumstances, he's been able to find the humour in the situation, joking about posting the footage on YouTube.
"I think I'm gonna put a Kool-Aid man on the car and then have that crash it all. 'Oh, yeah!'"
It's something Schutte isn't likely to forget anytime soon.
"The fact that nobody got seriously injured is somewhat of a miracle. It just makes you stop and think about everything and all that kind of stuff. But nobody got really hurt, so we can't complain too much."