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At a glance
- A 32-hour-old newborn baby was rescued unharmed from a collapsed building in La Guaira, Venezuela, following devastating twin earthquakes.
- Rescuers carefully extracted the infant from debris, with the baby's mother also being rescued an hour later.
- The earthquakes, with magnitudes of 7.2 and 7.5, have killed at least 920 people, with thousands more injured or missing.
A newborn baby, just 18 days old, has been miraculously rescued from the rubble of a collapsed building in La Guaira, Venezuela, more than 32 hours after twin earthquakes struck the region. The infant was found unharmed amidst the devastation.
The baby was just 18 days old and was uninjured after being trapped for 32 hours.
Video footage captured the dramatic moment rescuers worked under floodlights atop the debris. They carefully brought the baby, wrapped in a quilt, out to applause. The child was then gently cleaned with tissues. According to social media reports, the baby's mother was rescued about an hour after her child.
In a subsequent video, the mother was shown in a hospital bed. A medical worker informed her that the baby showed no apparent injuries. The medic suggested the mother might have saved the infant by shielding the child with her own body or another object during the seismic event.
The baby did not appear to have injuries.
The twin earthquakes, registering magnitudes of 7.2 and 7.5, have caused widespread destruction. The death toll has surpassed 920, with thousands more individuals reported injured or still unaccounted for in the hardest-hit areas, including La Guaira, north of the capital Caracas.
The medic then suggests that the mother saved the baby by covering the child with her body or another object.
Originally published by Daily Star. Summarized and contextualized by our editorial team with added local perspective. Read our editorial standards.