Emergency workers are trying to pull a survivor from under the rubble of a nine-story building in Venezuela in a “miraculous” rescue operation eight days after the devastating earthquakes that hit the country.

Approximately 6,500 people have been rescued from the rubble, while another 51,000 are still missing

A 43-year-old Venezuelan security guard, Hernán Gil, was rescued alive on Thursday after eight days trapped under the rubble of a building that collapsed in Catia La Mar, in La…

Hernan Gil, a 43-year-old security guard, is trapped inside his booth under the building where he worked in Catia La Mar.

Hernan Gil, 43-year-old security guard, brought out from the collapsed 7-story building where he worked after painstaking operation.

Hundreds of rescuers struggled to unearth a 43-year-old Venezuelan man trapped for eight days under a collapsed building after twin earthquakes killed almost 2300 people, an AFP…

Hundreds of rescuers raced Thursday to save a 43-year-old man trapped beneath a collapsed building for eight days after twin earthquakes devastated...

Hundreds of rescuers in Venezuela cheered and embraced Thursday after pulling a 43-year-old man alive from the ruins of a collapsed building eight days...

Emergency workers are trying to pull a survivor from under the rubble of a nine-story building in Venezuela in a “miraculous” rescue operation eight days after the devastating…

Rescuers pulled a man from under the rubble of a nine-story building in Venezuela in a “miraculous” operation eight days after the devastating earthquakes that hit the country.

Rescuers pulled a 43-year-old security guard alive from a collapsed basement early Thursday, ending a grueling days-long operation that became a symbol of hope after the…

Rescatan en la mañana de este jueves a un superviviente de los terremotos en Venezuela tras ocho días bajo los escombros.

Security guard Hernán Alberto Gil Flores, 43, initially told rescuers not to tell his wife in case he did not survive

Rescue crews pulled a man from the rubble of a collapsed mall more than one week after a pair of devastating earthquakes struck Venezuela.

Hernán Gil había quedado atrapado en la garita de vigilancia del edificio ubicado en la localidad de Catia La Mar donde trabajaba, después de los terremotos de magnitud 7,2 y 7,5…

Hernán Gil había quedado atrapado en la garita de vigilancia del edificio ubicado en la localidad de Catia La Mar donde trabajaba.

Hernán Alberto Gil Flores was buried under a collapsed shopping centre parking lot in La Guaira

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Hernan Gil was brought out on a stretcher as elated rescuers cheered and hugged each other. He was loaded into a waiting ambulance and driven away.

More than 2,200 people killed in tremors that damaged tens of thousands of buildings across north of country

Hernan Alberto Gil Flores had been trapped in a collapsed basement for eight days under mounds of rubble at the collapsed Galerias Playa Grande shopping centre