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Venezuela Miracle: Man Pulled Alive From Mall Rubble Eight Days After Earthquake
The Guardian·Saturday, 4 July 2026
A 43-year-old security guard named Hernán Alberto Gil Flores was rescued from the collapsed basement of a shopping centre in Venezuela, eight days after devastating earthquakes struck the country's northern coast. He survived thanks to a pocket of air in his workstation cabin. He had initially asked rescuers not to tell his wife, in case he did not survive.
Why It Matters
The Venezuela earthquake is one of the biggest natural disaster stories of 2026, and this rescue is a rare moment of hope in an ongoing humanitarian crisis.
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