Father and son rescued alive after four days beneath Venezuela earthquake rubble
- Father and son rescued alive four days after Venezuela’s devastating earthquakes.
- French and US rescue teams carried out a 12-hour operation to reach the trapped pair.
- More than 1,500 people have died, while thousands remain missing.
A father and his son have been rescued alive after spending four days trapped beneath the rubble of a collapsed building following the powerful earthquakes that struck Venezuela earlier this week.
The emotional rescue took place on Sunday in the coastal state of La Guaira, one of the regions worst affected by Wednesday’s earthquakes. Rescue workers carefully carried the exhausted survivors, both wearing oxygen masks, on improvised fabric stretchers through debris-covered streets before transferring them to a waiting ambulance as crowds watched.
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The operation, which lasted nearly 12 hours, involved French Civil Security teams and members of the Fairfax County Urban Search and Rescue Team from Virginia, United States. Using specialised search cameras and working cautiously through unstable debris, rescuers managed to reach the trapped father and son after hours of painstaking effort.
A member of the French Civil Security said the pair were in an extremely weak condition after being trapped for four days. Medical teams began administering intravenous fluids and medication during the rescue to stabilise them, while the delicate extraction process was carried out slowly to avoid further risk.
The same international rescue teams had also saved a mother and her nine-month-old baby from the rubble a day earlier, offering rare moments of hope amid the widespread devastation.
Before bringing the father and son to safety, emergency responders cleared heavy debris, prepared medical equipment, and maintained constant communication with colleagues working inside the collapsed structure. Other teams continued searching nearby ruins for additional signs of life.
According to officials, at least 33 people have been rescued over the weekend. However, the disaster has claimed around 1,500 lives, while thousands of people remain missing, raising fears that the window to find more survivors is rapidly closing.
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