Venezuelan security guard pulled alive from building basement 8 days after twin quakes
- On Thursday, rescue crews pulled 44-year-old security guard Hernan Alberto Gil Flores from the collapsed Galerias Playa Grande mall in La Guaira, Venezuela, ending an eight-day entrapment following twin earthquakes on June 24.
- Twin earthquakes measuring 7.2 and 7.5 magnitude struck within one minute on June 24, damaging tens of thousands of buildings across northern Venezuela and killing more than 2,200 people while injuring over 11,000.
- Shielded in a security cabin that held ground beneath about 30 feet of rubble, Gil Flores survived through a vital pocket of air; rescue crews used a telescopic camera and passed water and nutrients through a narrow shaft during the final three days.
- His wife, Usbimar Gonzalez, told CNN she endured "days of great sorrow" before learning he was alive, saying "once I found out that he was alive I saw a ray of sunshine," while Gil Flores had asked rescuers not to inform her of his survival.
- Nearly 2,300 confirmed dead and tens of thousands still missing, Gil Flores' eight-day survival far exceeded the typical three-day "golden window" when chances of finding earthquake survivors without water diminish, as operations continue across Venezuela.
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A man who was trapped under the rubble for over a week following the earthquake in Venezuela has been rescued, according to various media reports. The 43-year-old security guard was pulled from a collapsed shopping mall in the coastal town of La Guaira by rescue workers on Thursday morning local time. He had been there since the earthquakes on June 24. The man, Hernán Gil, worked as a security guard at the mall. He was inside a small security bo…
Venezuela earthquake survivor pulled out alive after eight days
Rescuers save trapped man from Venezuela mall rubble nearly eight days after earthquakes
Rescuers dug out a 44-year-old survivor trapped in the ruins of the mall where he worked in the Venezuelan state of La Guaira, more than a week after two strong earthquakes devastated the country's northern coast.
The 44-year-old man remained alive in the ruins for an exceptionally long time.
A 43-year-old night watchman could be recovered from the rubble eight days after the earthquakes in Venezuela. Thousands of people are still missing.
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