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International and Venezuelan rescuers worked on Wednesday (July 1) to save a guard trapped in a Venezuelan mall after twin earthquakes hit the country a week earlier.

Members of the Costa Rican Red Cross identified the guard as Hernan Alberto Gil, who was trapped in the basement of the Galerias Playa Grande mall in Catia la Mar, La Guaira, the worst-hit area.

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00:02International and Venezuelan rescue teams continued efforts on Wednesday to save a security guard trapped beneath a shopping mall following
00:09twin earthquakes that struck the country a week earlier.
00:13The trapped guard, identified as Hernán Alberto Gil, was found in the basement of the Gallerías Playa Grande Mall in
00:21Catia La Mar, La Guayra, one of the areas hardest hit by the quakes.
00:25As long as the days passed, we had access to him and able to give him water, a labor that
00:32took almost three days to give him the first water.
00:36At night, at about 10 o'clock, we had physical contact with Hernán.
00:45We hope that, in an average of 24 hours or less, we can send Hernán to his family and with
00:55the definitive medical attention, he can leave and have a productive life with all the brothers of this beautiful country.
01:03The high-risk rescue operation has drawn teams from several countries, including Mexico, Portugal, El Salvador, Spain and the United
01:11States, to help free the trapped guard safely.
01:14The 44-year-old remains trapped about 9 meters underground, with rescuers hoping to complete the operation within the next
01:2124 hours.
01:22The twin earthquakes struck in Venezuela on June 24 have killed around 2,295 people, with thousands more injured and
01:31displaced.
01:32The second one is damaged.
01:35The second one is built at a behavior of the sea.
01:37The two of the seas.
01:43The one is also located in the city.
01:43The two of the seas.
01:43The three of the species.
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