A 43-year-old security guard named Hernan Alberto Hil Flores was… (землетрясение · завал · венесуэла)
A 43-year-old security guard named Hernan Alberto Hil Flores was rescued from under the rubble of a shopping center in La Guaira, Venezuela, eight days after two powerful earthquakes struck the country on June 24. The rescue operation lasted 70 hours and involved international rescuers.
Consensus
- A man named Hernan Alberto Hil Flores was rescued from under rubble in La Guaira, Venezuela
- The rescue occurred eight days after two major earthquakes on June 24
- Flores was a security guard working at the shopping center 'Galeries Playa Grande'
- He survived for over 100 hours under the debris with protection from a watchtower that provided oxygen
- The earthquakes had magnitudes of 7.2 and 7.5 respectively
- Over 2,295 people died and more than 11,000 were injured in the earthquakes
Points of divergence
- The man was 44 years old — vedomosti
- Portuguese rescuers found the survivor — m24
- The rescue operation lasted several days and involved local and international specialists — vedomosti
- The man was in the basement of the shopping center for 114 hours — vesti
Coverage (3 sources)
- Venezuelan man rescued from rubble eight days after earthquake — Вести
- Man rescued from rubble in Venezuela eight days after earthquake — Ведомости
- Rescuers in Venezuela find survivor under rubble more than seven days after earthquake — Москва 24