An Argentine goalkeeper returned to the country after the earthquakes in Venezuela: "It shook a lot"

Argentine goalkeeper Lautaro Morales, currently playing for Universidad Central de Venezuela, shared his harrowing experience during the recent earthquakes that struck Venezuela. Morales was with his family in Caracas when the tremors hit, describing how his apartment violently shook.

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The entire bed started to shake. I grabbed my son, my wife also came into the room with the older one, and we covered ourselves to protect them. I said, 'Whatever God wills,'

"The entire bed started to shake. I grabbed my son, my wife also came into the room with the older one, and we covered ourselves to protect them. I said, 'Whatever God wills,'" Morales recounted in an interview. He explained that the earthquake surprised him while he was resting with his youngest son, with his wife and other son in the living room.

Following the initial earthquake, Morales and his family spent the night at the home of fellow Argentine footballer Francisco Solé. However, the decision to leave Venezuela was solidified after one of his children expressed distress. "He told me his chest and heart hurt," Morales said, a statement that convinced him to immediately take his family out of the country.

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He told me his chest and heart hurt

Morales described the departure from Caracas as chaotic, with the airport filled with both people arriving to help Venezuela and desperate individuals trying to escape. He is now back in Argentina. The article also notes the tragic discovery of the bodies of the wife and two children of another Argentine player, Lucas Trejo, who had been missing after a building collapse during the same seismic event.

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It was crazy, the airport was chaos. We saw people arriving to help Venezuela and desperate people trying to leave.