Venezuela: Intensive efforts to rescue a security guard who has been trapped under the rubble for a week
Hundreds of rescuers are making efforts to save a 43-year-old Venezuelan citizen, who managed to survive for a week under the rubble of a 7-storey building.
Security guard Hernan Gil, 43, is still trapped inside the guard booth under the building where he worked in Catia la Mar, a coastal area that was almost completely flattened by The two devastating earthquakes that struck Venezuela on June 24.
Rescue teams from 7 countries have been working for 3 days to reach it.
2,300 dead
The death toll has risen The two devastating earthquakes that struck Delcy Rodriguez 7 days of mourning for the victims, and official statements issued by the Venezuelan government stated that the mourning decision includes flying half-mast flags above all government buildings, public institutions and the country’s diplomatic headquarters abroad.
Acting Venezuelan President Delcy Rodriguez declared 7 days of mourning for the victims, and official statements issued by the Venezuelan government stated that the mourning decision includes flying flags at half-mast above all government buildings, public institutions, and the country’s diplomatic headquarters abroad.
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Tens of Thousands Missing
The two successive earthquakes of magnitude 7.2 and 7.5, the most violent tremors to hit Venezuela in more than a century, left tens of thousands missing, putting first responders in a frantic race against time to find survivors under piles of collapsed buildings.
Based on satellite images, The US Space Agency (NASA) estimates that approximately 58,870 buildings were damaged or completely destroyed in the affected area.
The weather conditions made it difficult for paramedics, who had to suspend attempts to recover victims at night in La Guaira due to heavy rains that stopped at dawn.
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