Restrained vs Cantilevered Basement Walls

Nice graphic Randy and my bad, I completely forgot this was a step down wall.
Now I know exactly what happened and why.
I guess one could say that the existing ground must have been saturated bad and without the proper spread footing to prevent the overturn due to the unbalance pressures, it is easy to see why it happened. Must of been a clay site or unstable soil with an under designed footing.

Thanks for the explanation.

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