Father and son rescued after four days buried under rubble of Venezuela's earthquakes
- On Sunday, U.S. rescue teams and local civilians pulled a father and son alive from rubble in La Guaira, Venezuela, four days after twin earthquakes devastated the region on June 24.
- Magnitude 7.2 and 7.5 earthquakes struck on June 24, killing at least 1,450 people, while disaster specialists note survival odds drop sharply after 72 hours beneath rubble.
- Fairfax County Urban Search and Rescue Team from Virginia spent 12 hours navigating debris to extract the pair, chanting 'slow, slow, gentle, gentle' as rescuers passed them to ambulances.
- Acting President Delcy Rodriguez announced electricity in La Guaira restored to 75%, while Washington pledged $150 million in aid supporting the international response to the disaster.
- Hundreds of aftershocks continue threatening recovery operations, while opposition sources report nearly 50,000 people unaccounted for—a stark contrast to government casualty figures as the survival window closes.
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After six days, a child is rescued alive from rubble, but hope for further salvation is fading, with family members growing in despair and anger.
If a person is buried, the chances of survival are drastically reduced after a few days. In Venezuela, almost a week after the devastating earthquake, some of the victims are still being rescued from the rubble. Thousands are still missing.
Toddler pulled from rubble in Venezuela after earthquake
A toddler has been pulled from the rubble in Venezuela, six days after a double quake struck, bringing down hundreds of buildings. Three-year-old Kleiber Moran was rescued from the wreckage of a house in the capital Caracas. More than 1,700 people are confirmed to have been killed and thousands are…
Francisco Lermanda, leader of Topos Chile, spoke from La Guaira, Venezuela, where he heads a team of Chilean rescuers deployed after the devastating earthquakes that struck the Caribbean country. In conversation with Radio Bío Bío de Valparaiso, he described a complex scenario: between 200 and 300 20-story buildings collapsed with entire families inside, an emergency that remains virtually intact and a situation that he described as “quite negat…
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