Venezuelan man rescued from rubble 8 days after deadly quakes: ‘truly a miracle’

In Venezuela, rescuers successfully pulled a 43-year-old man, Hernan Gil, alive from the rubble of a collapsed building eight days after deadly twin earthquakes. The rescue occurred on Thursday in Catia La Mar, a coastal area heavily impacted by the June 24 catastrophe. Gil, a security guard, was extracted from the ruins of a seven-story building where he worked. This remarkable survival, amidst a rising death toll nearing 2,300 and many still missing, was widely considered a miracle by those present. The operation to free Gil was described as painstaking.