Multiple outlets report that a father and his young son are rescued alive after being trapped under rubble in Venezuela for four days following a devastating earthquake. The rescue is described as taking place on Sunday, when rescuers pull the pair from the collapsed building. Several accounts note the father and son emerge visibly weakened and are carried through debris-strewn streets on improvised stretchers to an awaiting ambulance. BBC News adds that rescuers spend hours carefully digging to reach a boy, with many residents continuing to search through the rubble by hand while waiting for heavy machinery. Other reports characterize the rescue as “miracle” survival and say it provides hope to search teams, including international responders, while rescue workers warn that time is running out to find additional survivors. France 24 notes that French and U.S. teams are actively involved as they search for more people, emphasizing the urgency of the ongoing efforts. Across the reports, the consistent details are the four-day entrapment, the alive extraction of the father and son, and the broader context of continued searches amid damaged areas and limited access.
Father and son rescued alive after four days trapped in Venezuela earthquake rubble
Multiple outlets report that a father and his young son are rescued alive after being trapped under rubble in Venezuela for four days following a devastating earthquake. The rescue is described as tak...
- A father and his young son are pulled from earthquake rubble in Venezuela alive after being trapped for about four days.
- The rescue occurs on Sunday, following two powerful earthquakes that damage wide areas.
- Rescuers carry the pair on improvised stretchers through debris and transfer them to an ambulance.
- BBC reports careful digging to reach one of the boys and that some residents search by hand while awaiting heavy equipment.
- International rescue teams are involved and search efforts continue, with warnings that time is running out for other survivors.
Rescue workers carried the pair, visibly weakened and both wearing masks, on improvised fabric stretchers through debris-strewn streets to a waiting ambulance, as a crowd gathered around the emergency vehicles in La Guaira.
A father and his son were pulled out alive from the rubble of a collapsed building on Sunday, four days after the devastating earthquakes that struck Venezuela. It was a scene that gavehope to the French and U.S. rescue workers active in the area as they race against the clock to find more survivors.
2 months agoA father and his son have been rescued alive after spending four days trapped beneath the rubble of a collapsed building following Venezuela's earthquakes.
2 months agoA miracle rescue days after two powerful earthquakes shattered swaths of Venezuela gives hope to rescuers, who warn time is running out to find more survivors.
2 months agoA miracle rescue days after two powerful earthquakes shattered swaths of Venezuela gives hope to rescuers, who warn time is running out to find more survivors.
2 months agoA miracle rescue days after two powerful earthquakes shattered swaths of Venezuela gives hope to rescuers, who warn time is running out to find more survivors.
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