Colombia’s Earthquake Tore Apart This Family with Triplets. Only One Survived
A family GoFundMe has drawn thousands of donations as Ana María Saavedra Caycedo recovers from injuries and a long rehabilitation after the quake.
- On Monday, August 10, a 7.4 magnitude earthquake struck Cali, Colombia, trapping the Saavedra Caycedo family in their apartment; Ana Maria Saavedra Caycedo emerged as the sole survivor of her immediate family.
- Casualties from the earthquake include at least 294 dead and nearly 4,000 injured, with more than 12,000 homes destroyed and 320 people missing, according to the National Unit for Disaster Risk Management.
- Triplets Ana Maria, Sofia Saavedra Caycedo, and Isabella Saavedra Caycedo perished in the disaster, while rescuers recovered parents Jair Saavedra and Vicky Caycedo embracing in their final moments, along with uncle Diego Caycedo.
- Ana Maria remains in recovery after suffering arm injuries and a fractured pelvis, prompting family members to launch a GoFundMe campaign to cover medical expenses and secure her future.
- Cousin Camila Martinez Sierra honored the relatives on Instagram, writing, "This earthquake changed our lives in a matter of seconds," while sharing memories of the triplets who had recently graduated from university.
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Ana María Saavedra Caycedos lost her mother, father and triplet sisters in a massive earthquake that hit Colombia on Monday
Cali (Colombia), Aug. 15 (EFE).- The night before the earthquake that shook Colombia, Jairo Hernán Saavedra and Blanca Victoria Caicedo went out to enjoy an evening of salsa music. Hours later, the couple and two of their triplet daughters, in addition to a maternal uncle, would die buried under the rubble of their apartment.The tragedy occurred in the María Elvira building, in the neighborhood of Cuarto de Legua, in the south of Cali, where six…
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Colombia’s earthquake tore apart this family with triplets. Only one survived
Ana María Saavedra Caycedo lay under the rubble for hours reeling from arm injuries and a fractured pelvis. When she was finally pulled out, it was into a harsh new reality: one where she was the sole survivor of her immediate family.
Teams are looking for survivors of the earthquake in Colombia Ana María Saavedra Caicedo, 23, lost everything in the earthquake that hit the west of Colombia on August 10: the building where she lived with her parents and two sisters in Cali, broke down, leaving her as the only survivor of her family nucleus. In the last few hours, it was known that the rescuers had removed Isabella's lifeless body from the rubble, the last of the three Saavedra…
The young woman survived the collapse of the building where she lived with her parents and two triplet sisters. Her family revealed that the central consequence of this survival is twofold: she must rehabilitate from fractures and face the loss of the four people with whom she shared her daily life.
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