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Newborn baby rescued from Venezuela earthquake rubble
Rescuers passed the infant from the debris after a twin quake collapsed buildings and left more than 1,400 people dead, officials said.
- On Friday, June 26, rescuers in La Guaira, Venezuela, pulled an uninjured 18-day-old baby from earthquake rubble after 32 hours trapped beneath collapsed masonry. The infant was later reunited with its father.
- Back-to-Back earthquakes of 7.2 and 7.5 magnitude struck Venezuela on Wednesday, June 24, destroying more than 250 buildings and killing at least 920 people, with thousands more injured or missing.
- Ninety minutes after the baby was retrieved, rescuers pulled the mother from the wreckage alive. According to Andreina Quintero, who filmed the rescue, the mother believed she saved the child by covering him during the collapse.
- The death toll has risen to 1430, while international assistance from the United Kingdom and Brazil has arrived to aid search efforts. United Nations aid chief Tom Fletcher warned more than 50,000 people remain missing.
- A United Nations report estimated direct damage at $11.8b, as the disaster strikes a nation still in fragile transition six months after the United States abducted Nicolas Maduro on President Donald Trump's orders.
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The rescue of Diana and her son Juan is called a "miracle" by her husband Jerson, and both told their story to the BBC.
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Rescuers from 24 countries are working tirelessly while US helicopters and Osprey V-22 aircraft fly over different affected areas, especially La Guaira.
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