Venezuela is rushing the last hours to find life after a week of the earthquakes
Venezuela and thousands of rescuers from around the world are rushing the last hours this Wednesday to find survivors of the earthquakes of almost a week ago, which have left nearly 2,000 dead, while doctors and nurses from public hospitals care for thousands of injured people in a precarious situation.
Among the rescues in the last few hours, the highlight is that of a three-year-old child who was saved after being trapped for almost six days in the state of La Guaira (north, adjacent to Caracas), the state most devastated by the earthquakes, which have left at least 1,943 fatalities, according to the Government. In that coastal region, a rescue group accumulated more than thirty hours on Tuesday night working to remove Hernán Gil, a Venezuelan from under the rubble of a building in the town of Catia La Mar who remains alive and has been receiving hydration since he was located on Sunday. His rescue has been complicated because he is in the basement sentry box of the building where he worked as a security guard.
In these decisive hours, silence has taken on greater importance and calls to silence any type of noise have spread throughout different towns in La Guaira in case any sound indicates life among the ruins. Relatives remain hopeful, but Venezuelan doctors, rescuers and military say the chances are increasingly slimmer.
The president of the Venezuelan Parliament, Jorge Rodríguez, indicated that 6,461 people have been rescued, and that in the first moments of the emergency, between 13,400 and 13,500 people managed to get out by their own means or with the help of their families. While most of the 10,571 injured are being treated in Caracas hospitals. (Efe)
