Cheers and applause as security guard rescued from rubble

Emergency workers managed to free Hernán Gil more than 100 hours after they had first located him under 140 tonnes of rubble.

Venezuela’s earthquakes are partly America’s problem

The government’s response has been dire. Its patron has a duty to help

Venezuelan man pulled alive from collapsed basement eight days after earthquakes

Security guard Hernán Alberto Gil Flores, 43, initially told rescuers not to tell his wife in case he did not survive An international rescue team pulled a 43-year-old security guard alive from a collapsed basement early on Thursday, ending a gruelling days-long operation that became a symbol of hope after the devastation of twin earthquakes that struck Venezuela eight days earlier. Hernán Alberto Gil Flores was extracted safely after being trapped since 24 June under the rubble in the baseme...

By Associated Press

‘Miracle’: Trapped man rescued eight days after Venezuela earthquakes

Attention has turned to the humanitarian response after at least 2,295 people are confirmed dead, and 13,000 homeless.

Security guard survives eight days beneath collapsed shopping center after Venezuela earthquakes

Video shows Hernán Alberto Gil Flores carried through cheering crowds after eight days trapped in a collapsed shopping center in La Guaira, Venezuela.

Venezuelan man rescued from rubble 8 days after deadly quakes: ‘truly a miracle’

Hundreds of rescuers in Venezuela cheered and embraced on Thursday after pulling a 43-year-old man alive from the ruins of a collapsed building eight days after deadly twin earthquakes. With the official death toll nearing 2,300 and huge numbers of people still missing, the rescue of security guard Hernan Gil after so long under the rubble was greeted as a miracle. Gil was brought out on a stretcher after a painstaking operation to extract him from the collapsed seven-storey building where he...

By Agence France-Presse

Venezuelan man rescued alive 8 days after powerful quakes

Rescuers worked around the clock for three days to free security guard Hernan Gil from the rubble of the building where he worked.

Security guard rescued from building basement eight days after Venezuela earthquakes

An international rescue team saved a 43-year-old man from a collapsed shopping centre in Venezuela's La Guaira on Thursday, eight days after back-to-back earthquakes devastated the coastal region. Rescuers first made contact with the survivor, Hernán Alberto Gil Flores, at the weekend and were able to pass him water and liquid nutrients through a narrow shaft as they navigated the complex rescue operation.

By FRANCE 24

Man pulled from rubble eight days after Venezuela earthquake in ‘miraculous’ rescue

Hernán Alberto Gil Flores was buried under a collapsed shopping centre parking lot in La Guaira

By Jessie Williams

Crackdown on Venezuelans in the US continues despite the earthquake disaster: ‘Why not protect those who are here?’

The Venezuelan community is demanding that the Trump administration reinstate TPS for the nearly 600,000 migrants at risk of being sent back to a quake-devastated country

By Carla Gloria Colomé

Venezuela quake survivor pulled out alive after eight days

Venezuela earthquakes: Security guard rescued after 7 days beneath collapsed mall debris

Search and rescue teams from El Salvador and Chile on Thursday pulled Hernan Alberto Gil from the ruins of the nine-storey Galerias Playa Grande.

Buried In Rubble After Earthquake For 8 Days, Venezuela Man Rescued Alive

Hernan Alberto Gil Flores emerged to safety covered in dust atop a stretcher surrounded by helmet-clad rescue workers after being trapped since June 24 under rubble in the basement of the Galerias Playa Grande shopping center in the coastal town in La Guaira.

Security guard rescued from rubble a week after Venezuela quakes

By Alberto Fajardo

Rescue operation continues to save Venezuelan trapped under rubble one week after quakes

Hundreds of rescuers were working late on Wednesday to save a 43-year-old Venezuelan man who has survived for a week under the ruins of a seven-story building, an AFP reporter witnessed. Hernan Gil, a 43-year-old security guard, is trapped inside his booth under the building where he worked in Catia La Mar, a coastal area almost entirely razed to the ground in the June 24 twin earthquakes, magnitude 7.2 and 7.5. Rescue teams from seven countries — Venezuela, Chile, the United States, Portugal...

By none@none.com (AFP)

Venezuelan security guard pulled alive from building basement 8 days after twin quakes

Man rescued after 8 days under rubble following earthquake in Venezuela

A specialised team first detected signs of life and established contact with him on Sunday.

Rush Jump To Aid Victims of Venezuelan Earthquakes With Special Edition Starman Shirt

The action comes after two massive earthquakes hit the country on June 24.

By Gil Kaufman

Rescuers race to save man, hunger grows after Venezuela quakes

Hundreds of rescuers raced Thursday to save a 43-year-old man trapped beneath a collapsed building for eight days after twin earthquakes devastated Venezuela, killing nearly 2,300...

Rescuers pull out Venezuelan man alive eight days after quakes

A 43-year-old man was pulled alive from rubble in Venezuela eight days after deadly twin earthquakes. Rescuers celebrate this miracle amid rising death tol Read More: https://punchng.com/rescuers-pull-out-venezuelan-man-alive-eight-days-after-quakes/

By Punch Newspapers

One Hundred Hours of Hope and Government Absence

This is how the disaster area in Vargas looks and smell while relatives struggle to recover the bodies of their dead

By Erick Franco

A multinational rescue frees Hernán, trapped eight days under Venezuela's quake rubble

A 43-year-old Venezuelan security guard, Hernán Gil, was rescued alive on Thursday after eight days trapped under the rubble of a building that collapsed in Catia La Mar, in La Guaira state, during the twin earthquake that struck the country on June 24. The Costa Rican Red Cross, which took part in the operation, confirmed the rescue, considered one of the most complex and prolonged of the disaster, which has left at least 2,295 dead and more than 11,000 injured, according to the official toll.

Venezuela: Man Rescued After 8 Days Beneath the Rubble

Hernan Alberto Gil Flores was pulled from the basement of a collapsed building on Thursday morning by a multinational team of rescuers. The post Venezuela: Man Rescued After 8 Days Beneath the Rubble appeared first on Havana Times.

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