Three-year-old boy is rescued on the 6th day after earthquakes in Venezuela

One A team of Jordanian rescuers managed to rescue a three-year-old child alive this Tuesday (30). that had stayed buried under the rubble after the on June 24, Jordan’s Civil Defense reported.

The child’s rescue is considered an extremely rare exception, as it occurred six days after the 7.2 and 7.5 magnitude earthquakes, which caused almost 2 thousand deaths.

Experts estimate that there is a window of approximately 72 hours to be able to extract alive people trapped after an earthquake.

Nas images released by Jordanian authorities, it is possible to see the childwho apparently showed no signs of life, being removed from the rubble by rescuers during the night and quickly taken, covered by a blanket, to an ambulance.

According to the official bulletin from the Venezuelan government, this Tuesday there was just this rescue. On Monday, four people had been pulled alive from the rubble, compared to 2,407 on the first day, in the state of La Guaira, the epicenter of the tragedy located about 40 km from Caracas.

The child received first aid and was then taken to a hospital, a statement from the Jordanian Civil Defense said.

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