Girl Rescued After 32 Hours Under Earthquake Rubble
A 12-year-old girl has been rescued after spending 32 hours trapped beneath the rubble of her collapsed apartment building following two powerful earthquakes that struck Venezuela on 24 June. The earthquakes, which hit just seconds apart, caused widespread destruction across parts of the country. The second tremor measured 7.5 in magnitude, making it one of the strongest earthquakes to strike Venezuela in the past century. At the time of the disaster, Karina Blanco was preparing to lead a spinning class when she felt the ground shaking violently. As the tremors intensified, she rushed outside with everyone else before immediately thinking about her daughter, Fabiana, who had been home alone. "I realized how serious it was and all I could think about was my daughter," Karina recalled. She quickly drove home, fearing the worst. When she reached her neighborhood in Caraballeda, […]
