By Bárbara Agelvis Maza
Catia La Mar, Venezuela, June 25 (EFE).- «Don’t go, don’t leave me,» pleads Amir, a 16-year-old boy trapped beneath the rubble of a collapsed apartment building after the powerful earthquakes that struck Venezuela on Wednesday.
More than 12 hours after the twin tremors measuring 7.5 and 7.2 in magnitude, Amir remained buried beneath the remains of the Luisa Cáceres de Arismendi residential complex in Playa Grande, a district of Catia La Mar in the coastal state of La Guaira. His face and part of his torso were still visible deep in the debris.
La Guaira, just west of Caracas, has been the region hardest hit by the earthquakes, according to acting president Delcy Rodríguez, who declared it a natural disaster zone because of the scale of the destruction.
For Amir, however, help was yet to arrive amid diminishing strength.
