Venezuelan security guard pulled alive from building basement 8 days after twin quakes
Rescuers from seven countries used cameras, water and air tubes to keep Hernán Gil alive, officials said.
- 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 named Hernán Gil was taken out of 140 tons of debris, and he was surprisingly spared serious injuries.
Against All Odds: Venezuela Earthquake Survivor Pulled Alive After Eight Days Beneath 140 Tonnes of Rubble
A Venezuelan security guard has been rescued alive after spending eight days trapped beneath an estimated 140 tonnes of rubble following the devastating earthquakes that struck northern Venezuela. The dramatic rescue of 43-year-old Hernán Alberto Gil Flores has become a symbol of hope amid a disaster that has killed more than 2,200 people, injured thousands more, and left communities struggling to recover. Gil Flores was pulled from the ruins of…
A 43-year-old security guard, Hernan Gil, had found himself trapped in his security cure during the violent earthquakes of 24 June in northern Venezuela. After three days of effort, an international rescue team managed to extract him from the rubble, triggering scenes of joy. This particularly dangerous operation allowed a real "miracle", his wife reacted. - "Hernan is safe and sound": a survivor extracted from the rubble eight days after the ea…
The emergency response teams managed to save Hernán Gil more than 100 hours after first locating him under 140 tons of molos, reports the BBC. The 43-year-old man survived 8 days under the rubble before being rescued. The interim president of ...
Rescuers are shocked by his condition. Rescuers were able to free a 44-year-old man from the rubble of a nine-story building in Venezuela. He spent eight days there after powerful earthquakes, RBC-Ukraine reports, citing the BBC. Local and international rescue teams were involved in this highly complex operation. They combined their efforts to free Hernan Gil from under 140 tons of rubble. The man had been waiting for rescue for more than eight …
Eight days after the earthquakes, a man was rescued alive from the rubble. Experts from several countries participated in the rescue. The search continues.
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