{"id":128568,"date":"2026-07-02T11:38:13","date_gmt":"2026-07-02T06:38:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationaltimes.pk\/eng\/?p=128568"},"modified":"2026-07-02T11:38:15","modified_gmt":"2026-07-02T06:38:15","slug":"rescue-operation-continues-to-save-venezuelan-trapped-under-rubble-one-week-after-quakes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationaltimes.pk\/eng\/2026\/128568\/","title":{"rendered":"Rescue operation continues to save Venezuelan trapped under rubble one week after quakes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Web desk(National Times)- Hundreds of rescuers were working late on Wednesday to save a 43-year-old Venezuelan man who has survived for a week under the ruins of a seven-story building, an\u00a0<em>AFP<\/em>\u00a0reporter witnessed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hernan Gil, a 43-year-old security guard, is trapped inside his booth under the building where he worked in Catia La Mar, a coastal area almost entirely razed to the ground in the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/2010745\">June 24 twin earthquakes<\/a>, magnitude 7.2 and 7.5.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rescue teams from seven countries \u2014 Venezuela, Chile, the United States, Portugal, Costa Rica, El Salvador, and Mexico \u2014 have been working around-the-clock over the past three days to reach him.A person searches for a deceased relative among the debris of a collapsed building in the Los Corales neighbourhood of Caraballeda, La Guaira State, Venezuela on July 1, 2026, following the June 24 twin earthquakes. \u2014 AFP<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By late Wednesday, they were almost one meter from his position, rescuers told&nbsp;<em>AFP.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chile\u2019s fire service published an Instagram video of Gil inside his chamber, moving his head to look at the camera. He was wearing a face mask, and his right eye was bloodshot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThis is truly a miracle,\u201d Gil\u2019s wife Gusbimar Gonzalez told&nbsp;<em>AFP.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI\u2019m completely amazed because it\u2019s the first time I\u2019ve seen so many countries come together like this to save a single person,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">News of the rescue bid came at the end of a day in which hope of finding more survivors had faded, seven days after the catastrophic earthquakes, which killed almost 2,300 people and have left thousands more unaccounted for.View of a damaged building in Caraballeda, La Guaira state, Venezuela, on July 1, 2026, following the June 24 twin earthquakes. \u2014 AFP<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As firefighters drew near him, others were monitoring the movements of a neighbouring building, which is in danger of collapsing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Working since Monday, the rescuers shored up the building\u2019s foundations with wood and iron to prevent the listing structure from collapsing further.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Throughout the operation, they gave Gil water to keep him hydrated and installed a tube through which they supplied him with air. The men advanced along two routes simultaneously to reach Gil.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThis is a rather complicated structure to access,\u201d Cristian Vera, the leader of the Chilean rescue team told&nbsp;<em>AFP.<\/em>A search-and-rescue dog works at the site of a collapsed building in the aftermath of the June 24 earthquakes in La Guaira, Venezuela, July 1. \u2014 AFP<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He said that the existence of \u201cvery large pillars\u201d meant \u201cit wasn\u2019t easy to reach the exact spot where the victim was located.\u201d An initial plan to construct a 60-by-60-centimetre tunnel was discarded on Tuesday when the building shifted slightly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe had to develop a new work plan to try to enter through a different route than the one we had used until last night,\u201d Vera explained.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Web desk(National Times)- Hundreds of rescuers were working late on Wednesday to save a 43-year-old Venezuelan man who has survived for a week under the ruins of a seven-story building, an\u00a0AFP\u00a0reporter witnessed. 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