Newborn baby rescued from Venezuela earthquake rubble
Rescuers passed the infant from the rubble wrapped in a quilt, and officials said the baby was uninjured after 32 hours trapped.
- On Friday, June 26, rescuers in La Guaira, Venezuela, pulled an uninjured 18-day-old baby from earthquake rubble after 32 hours trapped beneath collapsed masonry. The infant was later reunited with its father.
- Back-to-Back earthquakes of 7.2 and 7.5 magnitude struck Venezuela on Wednesday, June 24, destroying more than 250 buildings and killing at least 920 people, with thousands more injured or missing.
- Ninety minutes after the baby was retrieved, rescuers pulled the mother from the wreckage alive. According to Andreina Quintero, who filmed the rescue, the mother believed she saved the child by covering him during the collapse.
- The death toll has risen to 1430, while international assistance from the United Kingdom and Brazil has arrived to aid search efforts. United Nations aid chief Tom Fletcher warned more than 50,000 people remain missing.
- A United Nations report estimated direct damage at $11.8b, as the disaster strikes a nation still in fragile transition six months after the United States abducted Nicolas Maduro on President Donald Trump's orders.
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The double earthquake in Venezuela left behind ruins, but also a miracle. After 32 hours under the rubble, a mother and her 18-day-old baby were found alive in La Guaira.
Ray of Hope in Venezuela: Mother and 18-Day-Old Son Survive Deadly Earthquake
Screenshot Mother Dayana Patino and her newborn son, Juan David, rest in a hospital bed after being rescued from the rubble after a devastating earthquake hit Venezuela last week. The young mother found hope holding her son in the darkness when she realized there was a Bible resting just underneath her.
After the severe earthquake in Venezuela, families fear their loved ones. But a miracle happens in the midst of the rubble.
Buried under rubble for 32 hours, Venezuelan mother clung to hope and her baby
Rescuers pulled Dayana Patino and her 18-day-old son Juan David from the rubble after Venezuela's twin earthquakes. Their survival has become a rare sign of hope as search efforts continue and the death toll rises.
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