Venezuelan man saved from collapsed mall eight days after earthquakes
Summary
A 43-year-old security guard, Hernán Alberto Gil Flores, was rescued alive after being trapped for eight days under a collapsed shopping mall in La Guaira, Venezuela, following two strong earthquakes. International rescue teams worked under difficult conditions to save him, while many others remain missing or injured.Key Facts
- Two earthquakes of magnitude 7.2 and 7.5 hit Venezuela, killing nearly 2,200 people and injuring over 11,000.
- Hernán Alberto Gil Flores was trapped in his security cabin in the basement of Galerías Playa Grande mall for eight days.
- A pocket of air in his cabin helped him survive the collapse.
- Rescue teams from Costa Rica, Chile, the US, Portugal, and Mexico worked together to find and extract him.
- Rescuers used a telescopic camera and a narrow shaft to keep contact and provide water and nutrients.
- The rescue was complicated by unstable buildings, heavy rain, and aftershocks.
- Most collapsed buildings in La Guaira have been searched with no survivors found.
- The community faces shortages of food and water, and there have been reports of theft and arrests of police officers involved.
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