The 10-Year-Old Venezuelan ‘Topito’ that Helped Rescue the Earthquake
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At just ten years old, Sebastián Corro voluntarily joined the deployment of thousands of rescuers who were in the northern part of Venezuela after the earthquakes of June 24 and saved two pets, thus becoming a ‘topito’, as the Mexican Brigadiers baptized him.Taken by the hand of his grandfather, a member of a local brigade, Sebastián walks through Caraballeda, one of the most devastated areas of the coastal region of La Guaira, adjacent to Carac…
Sebastian Corro saved two pets and dreams of becoming a professional rescuer
Carlos Seijas Meneses/ EFE. At just ten years old, Sebastián Corro voluntarily joined the deployment of thousands of rescuers who were in the northern part of Venezuela after the earthquakes of June 24 and saved two pets, thus becoming a ‘topito’, as the Mexican Brigadiers baptized him. Taken by the hand of his grandfather, a member of a local brigade, Sebastián walks through Caraballeda, one of the most devastated areas of La Guaira. He carries…
His grandfather is a member of a local rescue brigade and they both travel the streets of La Guaira by helping out both in the shelters and in the food delivery. Read
Part of a volunteer-based search and rescue organization in Venezuela Physiotherapist and volunteer retired firefighter Nurse of the Red Cross Venezolana Volunteer Director of a brigade of paramedics affiliated to the government. Co-founder of a voluntary search and rescue organization in Venezuela Paramedic who went to La Guaira to look for volunteer rescue family A resident who was looking for his 8-year-old son among the rubble Voluntary resc…
From tragedy to hope: the history of the rescuer Sebastián Corro and his work after the earthquakes in Venezuela
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