Stay up to date with notifications from The IndependentNotifications can be managed in browser preferences.Jump to contentThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged inAllNewsSportCultureLifestyleHernán Alberto Gil Flores, a 44-year-old man, was miraculously rescued from the rubble of a collapsed shopping centre parking lot in La Guaira, Venezuela. His rescue occurred eight days after two devastating earthquakes struck the region in quick succession the previous Wednesday, leaving him buried under 29 feet of debris. La Guaira was identified as the area most severely affected by the seismic events. The operation to free Mr Flores on Thursday involved significant effort from both local and international rescue teams. Mr Flores's wife expressed immense relief, stating she had experienced 'days of great sorrow' and believed he was dead, but upon learning of his survival, she saw a 'ray of sunshine' and praised him as a 'hero'. In fullMan pulled from rubble eight days after Venezuela earthquake in ‘miraculous’ rescueMore bulletinsThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in

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, 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…

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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...

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.

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 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…

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.

El vigilante Hernán Gil permaneció ocho días atrapado bajo los escombros de una caseta de seguridad de La Guaira tras los terremotos en Venezuela

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.

Terremoto in Venezuela: Hernan Gil estratto vivo dopo 8 giorni a La Guaira. Sette Paesi mobilitati per riuscire a salvarlo.

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

Rescuers in Venezuela have pulled Hernán Gil alive from a collapsed building's security booth eight days after the devastating June 24 earthquakes.

CATIA LA MAR, Venezuela (AP) – Rescuers pulled a 43-year-old security guard alive from a collapsed basement early Thursday, ending a grueling days-long operation that became a…