A rare moment of hope emerged in Venezuela on Sunday when a father and his son were rescued alive from the ruins of a collapsed building four days after the devastating earthquakes that ravaged the country and left more than 1,450 people dead and thousands missing.
French and US rescue teams working in La Guaira, the hardest‑hit coastal state, described the rescue as a powerful boost in their race against time. The pair, visibly exhausted and wearing protective masks, were carried out on improvised fabric stretchers through debris‑strewn streets as crowds gathered around emergency vehicles, watching the emotional scene unfold.
Their survival followed 12 hours of painstaking work, with responders using specialized search cameras and carefully navigating unstable rubble to reach the trapped victims. “They are extremely weak, as any patient trapped under rubble for four days would be,” a member of the French Civil Security said. “We are doing everything possible to rehydrate them and administer medications during the extraction process, which is moving very slowly.”
The rescue teams in the area include France’s Civil Security and American specialists from the Fairfax County Urban Search and Rescue Team in Virginia the same group that saved a mother and her 9‑month‑old baby the previous day.
Before pulling the family out, responders prepared intravenous drips, cleared debris and continued scanning the ruins for signs of life. At least 33 people were rescued over the weekend, but with tens of thousands still missing, the urgency is growing.
Experts warn that after 72 hours, the chances of finding survivors drop dramatically. Yet moments like Sunday’s rescue continue to fuel determination among crews who refuse to give up hope.
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