An 18-day-old baby was rescued alive 32 hours after being trapped under earthquake rubble in La Guaira, Venezuela, offering a rare moment of hope as the country’s death toll climbs past 920.
For 32 hours, an 18-day-old baby lay trapped beneath the rubble of a collapsed building in Venezuela. Then came the moment everyone was hoping for.
Rescuers worked through the night under floodlights before carefully lifting the infant from the debris in La Guaira, to applause from onlookers, according to Channels Television, citing footage shared by social media user Andreina Quintero. His mother, Dayana Patiño, was pulled out about an hour later. Department of Justice Both were taken to hospital in stable condition, with doctors confirming neither suffered any fractures.
The rescue offers a rare bright spot in a growing humanitarian disaster. The twin 7.2 and 7.5-magnitude earthquakes have killed at least 920 people, with thousands more injured or missing. The International Organisation for Migration estimates up to 6.76 million people could be affected.
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