Venezuelan man rescued alive 8 days after powerful quakes
Key takeaways
- Rescuers worked around the clock for three days to free security guard Hernan Gil from the rubble of the building where he worked.
- https://p.dw.com/p/5GTko Rescuers from Venezuela, Chile, the United States, Portugal, Costa Rica, El Salvador, and Mexico worked together on the mission Image: Maxwell Briceno/REUTERSAdvertisement.
- Hernan Gil, 43, was working as a night watch guard at an seven-story building in Catia La Mar when part of it collapsed, trapping him in his security booth beneath the rubble.
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Rescuers worked around the clock for three days to free security guard Hernan Gil from the rubble of the building where he worked.
https://p.dw.com/p/5GTko Rescuers from Venezuela, Chile, the United States, Portugal, Costa Rica, El Salvador, and Mexico worked together on the mission Image: Maxwell Briceno/REUTERSAdvertisement. A team of international rescuers pulled a man alive from a collapsed building in Venezuela on Thursday, eight days after the country was rocked by twin 7.2- and 7.5-magnitude earthquakes.
Hernan Gil, 43, was working as a night watch guard at an seven-story building in Catia La Mar when part of it collapsed, trapping him in his security booth beneath the rubble.