Rescuers in Venezuela race to save security guard trapped under building
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Nearly a week after two back-to-back earthquakes struck northern Venezuela , international rescue teams, including from the U.S., are still working around the clock to save people trapped under the …
Nearly a week after two back-to-back earthquakes struck northern Venezuela , international rescue teams, including from the U.S., are still working around the clock to save people trapped under the rubble — like 44-year-old security guard Hernan Gil Flores. Gil Flores has been trapped under a partially collapsed 10-story building in La Guaira for six days. "It is a very complex rescue," Manny Sampang, a task force leader from the Los Angeles County Fire Department who is in Venezuela to help with rescue efforts, told CBS News. "I have multiple buildings leaning into that building that we are trying to rescue him from." Rescuers believe Gil Flores is still inside the security booth in the underground parking garage. Rescue teams have been moving carefully, concerned that parts of the building could collapse again. His wife, Gusbimar Gonzalez, told CBS News the rescue team has made contact with her husband. She said he is not injured and they've been able to get him water. The confirmed death toll from the 7.5 and 7.2 magnitude quakes, which struck within a minute of each other just after 6 p.m. local time on June 24, was more than 1,900 as of Tuesday. Tens of thousands remain missing, according to the United Nations. Rescuers have been finding small miracles amid the rubble, including the rescue of an 18-day-old baby, who, along with his mother, was pulled from a collapsed high-rise after they were both trapped for 32 hours. …
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