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After the devastating double earthquake that devastated the northern region of Venezuela on June 24th, joint rescue teams are working to rescue people trapped under the rubble. Our correspondent Madelein Garcia is here with an in-depth report. teleSUR
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00:07We go back once again to La Guayra State with our correspondent Madeline Garcia.
00:12Let's listen.
00:16Hope will never surrender here.
00:22Anyone who can survive this tragedy will be saved.
00:26We are covering the failed rescue of a girl, a 14-year-old girl.
00:35Her father was present and he was there.
00:42He lost already his wife and he was putting all of his hopes in saving her little girl of 14
00:51years.
00:51And after hours of trying to listen to her, to get to know if she was alive,
00:57well, these are the things that happened.
01:02And we have this very deep wound in our souls.
01:07And now we are here because we have the hope that this person can be saved.
01:13We will never lose hope.
01:16We are waiting for a miracle.
01:18We have been here hours and hours as rescuers are performing an unstoppable work.
01:25And it was very difficult in the situation.
01:28There are tons of debris and summons on this person.
01:33And it has been very hard to get through all of that concrete.
01:38And to get through and to get, to be sure for, for, for the, for the, so this, this rescue
01:46takes place without setbacks, without the, the structure, the fallen structure to further collapse.
01:55So we are, they are observing and throughout this, this situation, there are walls, there are stones, and it is
02:06very hard, a very hard work to get through them to guarantee the process.
02:13Let me show you, let me show you, for example, if I, the image behind me, those tents that are
02:20placed there.
02:24That's the place where, that's the place where they can rest and make shifts, to turn shifts.
02:34So everyone gets, to get a little bit of rest and then they can make shifts.
02:40And when they rescue a person, they speak to them, and speak to them without stop.
02:48They are supporting each other.
02:49They are, they are performing this rescue operation, so, can, for it to be more humane, there is a risk
03:01on, on rescuers, that's the person, the person who also puts himself or herself in danger while entering in, in
03:11this debris, something, and it has to be a very, very careful operation because anything can happen here.
03:18And we are here, and we are here waiting to be, for, for this person to be rescued.
03:23For example, a few days ago, a young man of 20 years, he has, he was so enthusiastic, and he
03:31said that he was, being attended by a doctor.
03:40And, he said, under the rubble, this young man was saying, please don't leave me here alone, I'm waiting for
03:47you.
03:50Those, those, who are there, are pulling out and out, sand, but all those, also others go into this, into
03:59those fallen and those collapsed buildings.
04:05And, and, I also speak to a girl, to a woman, who's trained, being trained as a firefighter, and she's
04:11one of the rescuers that is present here.
04:15And, and, every 20 minutes, they were making shifts, pulling out all of the sand, and she was expressing themselves
04:26with so much enthusiasm, also sadness, but also great enthusiasm, because she was being part of such an important movement
04:34for Venezuela.
04:37violence. When they arrived right to the end of that point, they weren't able to listen
04:45to that family that was present in that moment. And one of the police of the Bolivarian National
04:51Police that is participating in that rescue would get to that place and we weren't able
04:59to listen anymore to the family that was trapped in there. We really wish that this person that
05:11we are trying to rescue here can be actually rescued, but there is so much rubble. It is
05:17a very interesting process that our correspondent Madeline Garcia is explaining to us in this
05:24very moment. We can see the Chilean flag waving right behind our correspondent. There she
05:30is present in what it is, a potential rescue operation for a person that remains alive
05:37beneath the rubble. A miracle moment, a miraculous moment for Venezuelans to witness because there
05:44has been seven days since the two earthquakes struck the nation. That means that this person
05:53has been exposed to lack of water, lack of food for a considerable amount of time, however
06:01is yet alive. And all of those rescuers that are present on site at this very moment in La
06:07White Estate, in this particular building, this means as well that the determination with which
06:13these rescuers are working without stop. Fortunately, there is a bunch of them, so they make shifts
06:21as well. This was one of the explanations that our correspondent was given to us at this hour. She
06:27was saying that this is not the first operation that she witnessed. Previously, there was a failed
06:32attempt with a girl, a 14-year-old girl, that were not able to come out of life. Let's go
06:42back once again.
06:44For example, one of the Mexican rescuers was saying to me that there was one of them that was his
06:52birthday,
06:57and he was yet being there trying to save a life, leading a person, a rescued person towards light,
07:06towards light, towards light, towards light, towards light, towards light, towards light, to a second opportunity.
07:11And saying, what are your expectations? What do you want to do? You are being reborn today.
07:20The emotions, whenever there is a rescued person, emotions are flourishing all over the place,
07:27it depends on the conditions. In this case, they always, when they come alive, they try to stabilize
07:38their vital signals. They are de-applicating the PCR, and also they use all the tools they have in hand,
07:53for example, for example. And they offer food to them, but cannot be many of it. It has to be
08:02very soft,
08:04because they have been there for a very long time without eating anything.
08:10It is an experience, truly a spiritual experience. And rescuers said that it is the miracle of life
08:21for both sides of this tragedy. You can imagine the frustration of getting, of breaking all of those
08:31bridges, breaking all of those stones. There is a structure up there that they are trying, there is a
08:41person that they are trying to rescue. Everything is very subtle, very delicate, to see the best ways to get
08:53through the stones and to get to the person and provoking the less damage possible in a very unstable platform.
09:04There is a group of rescuers at the site, so they are sharing experiences, sharing technology. So little by
09:12little, everyone is joining in this effort until the miracle is done, is achieved. So we have eight
09:21countries that have been intervened, that have intervened in this, in this scenario. More information at this
09:29hour from Madeleine Garcia, our correspondent, she is present in La White State. She is being a witness
09:35of a rescue operation that has been taking place for many hours now. She was explaining that this is a
09:44very delicate operation that needs to take very seriously every step that they get, that they take
09:52into this collapse structure that is very unstable, that any bad maneuver could result into another further
10:02collapse and also further damage and injuring a person that remains alive. Let's listen.
10:11The rescue of Valentina, although it was not successful, did working in team.
10:19We witnessed as well the rescuers from Spain, using scanners, using technology,
10:27could listen that there was still life beneath the rubble. Then they were searching other
10:33equipments to further listen, to further confirm that there was a life in there.
10:42That rescue took hours and hours. Generally, they spent about six, from six to several days in a rescue operation.
10:58In that time, they go, they join other, other teams that could also provide more expertise.
11:12For example, Valentina, they couldn't hear her.
11:17One of the signs that they do to demand total silence, they make a sound with their right hand
11:26closed up in the air. And everyone needs to be in silence, in total silence.
11:39That's the maneuver they do to see if they can sense or listen to any person alive.
11:47But Spain, in the case of Valentina, the team of Ecuador came and joined this action. And the team of
11:55Ecuador,
11:55Ecuador, when they came, they began with the rescue operation to find the girl.
12:06They said, well, I don't have the equipment.
12:10We need a group of rescuers that can have more technology advanced to sense the vibrations of
12:21sounds that are not perceptible to the human ear. In this case, in La Guaira, there are several places
12:30English international rescuers. They have an operation command
12:38that is divided on affected areas and led by capacity.
12:48And they are being assigned through the main affected areas.
12:54And they need to say what's the rescue that they have been assigned. If they want to
13:02if they want to request any particular rescue, they need to say this.
13:10If they have the tools.
13:14That's how the teams are, the work is coordinated among all of the rescuers that are present in La Guaira
13:22state. It is a rescue effort that involves several teams so they can guarantee this this miracle to happen.
13:33Those certified rescuers are in one place, but also they are joined by volunteers.
13:43It involves as well the safety of everyone, the lives of everyone.
13:49So they need to report to articulate and this is being organized by this command.
14:00That's another explanation given by our correspondent Madeline Garcia at the present.
14:05She was explaining how the rescue efforts is coordinated by a single command.
14:16That command is the one that is in charge of assigning to the rescue teams of several countries
14:25that are present that there are over 4,090, over 4,090, almost 5,000 international rescuers that are deployed
14:35throughout the main affected areas of La Guaira state and also in the capital Caracas.
14:43Our correspondent Madeline Garcia is offering most statements. Let's listen.
14:49For example, there is a Vice Minister of Industries and a Deputy of the National Assembly are present.
14:57that they are in charge of the rescue and accompaniment of the professionals. Why? Because they need a logistic
15:07operation and administrative matters as well. They are the ones who design towards that articulate for
15:14everything that to happen. That is what is happening throughout the territory of the zone of the coastline that
15:22has been affected. And one of the areas also has a political responsibility of coordinating as well.
15:30Of everything to be fulfilled. That everything happens without setbacks and in that way.
15:37There is a chain of actions. They are accompanying the commission.
15:46The deputy Henesis is there. She could be offering statements for us and to the media and we were listening
16:00to her precisely about the resistance of that miracle of life that we are not going to stop.
16:12That is going to be very helpful for the people of Venezuela.
16:18Well, there has been a rescue. I'm going to get closer. That implies joining all of the forces.
16:34Those who are performing the miracle of life. We are getting closer. There is, there has been a,
16:43a rescue of a, the rescue of a kitten, of a little kitten, a cat that has been taken from
16:50beneath the
16:50rubbles at this hour. Every life matters here. To, to assess, to attend.
17:01Well, there is a little kitten that has been rescued at this hour.
17:06We need to share what is happening. Well, Henesis is here. Deputy Henesis. We are live for Telesur.
17:14And we were speaking about the miracle of life and how the white state is divided by zones.
17:22And you are in charge of the political aspect of this. Everything, for everything to,
17:28to take place without setbacks. And now you are here accompanying this process. Yes. Well,
17:36we feel, feel with emotions and hope because this miracle operation is recue, Chilean rescuers are
17:43calling. We, they have been here for over 73 hours. It requires much strength. There is a kitten that has
17:51been rescued from beneath the rubble and we need, we heard that, that it was there and they rescued. This
18:00is,
18:01this fills us with proud of being Venezuelan, of being officials from the international solidarity,
18:07the team that is in front of this rescue operation, Hernan as well,
18:12that has been resisted. For the, the person that is under the rubble has three years old.
18:20Well, we need to confirm this, but yes, the, the, the man is a miracle of God. And of course,
18:27recognizing the, the, the, the restless work of all of those who are involved in this and the civilian
18:34protection from Venezuela, from the Chilean operation that is leading the rescue and the
18:39search operation of Costa Rica that also is present here.
18:45They were the ones who found out that, that this man of 43 years old was under the rubble. And
18:51they
18:51say to the world and to Venezuela, the capacity of support that has these people and the hope that we
18:58still can get people alive and can be, for them to be rescued. One of the rescuers said, one of
19:06the things
19:07that have caught their attention is the resistance. Because there have been many people that are
19:14still alive. The capacity of resistance, people under the rubble until yesterday and today to
19:26keep finding people alive is a miracle. They said to us as well, they identified the gravity, the, the, the
19:40magnitude of the earthquake. And the magnitude as well of the, of the two earthquakes and the compromise
19:50with life, the level of articulation that authorities, Venezuelan studies have had with rescuers from here.
19:58And one of the things they say is that Venezuelans are very friendly, very warm.
20:05They have been very attentive. We came here to help and we are very supported by the people of Venezuela
20:16and that reaffirms the certainty that although we are facing a very painful and difficult moment,
20:25the most difficult thing is, is, is to heal that wound, but we have the faith of the people that
20:32we are.
20:34in the efforts that we have seen. And unity, emotional unity be always above,
20:42that the defense of life be always above of everything.
20:47Yesterday, earlier today, I spoke to one of the firefighters from Madagascar.
20:53They have no, they had to go back, but they have no successors in this effort.
21:03Look at the kitty. It is very, it's very beautiful. It's so beautiful.
21:10It's beautiful, the little kitten that has been rescued.
21:17We are going to show it to you. We said that earlier today, this person of the firefighters said
21:27that they would like to come back next week.
21:35He said that Venezuelans are such much alike of Spanish people,
21:43the people of the people of Venezuela. But at the end, they had always a smile on their faces.
21:49The willingness of helping, of supporting rescuers,
21:56that willingness of Venezuelans, of always hugging the one that came from abroad.
22:06That has been, has made possible that our hopes remain intact.
22:12And what we're seeing here today, and the promptness and the information we have been seeing,
22:22to see a rescue, to see the final part of the success of bringing out of the rubble,
22:29a person that is still alive. The sacrifice that some people do,
22:35that are being very careful with all security protocols to rescue Hernan Gil, the man that is
22:43trapped at this moment under the rubble. That takes a time, a very difficult time.
22:53And they are also making shafts. They are rotating.
23:00We have here Portugal, Costa Rica, Chile. And they are supporting each other with their technologies.
23:09And they have been able to communicate with Sir Hernan.
23:16They have seen the integrity of his body.
23:22And they understand that these hours of rescue,
23:25that he has resisted. So the spiritual resistance.
23:28God is always there with the people.
23:32He has spoken to his family, his wife.
23:39And all Venezuelans are united in prayers.
23:43Well, Acting President Elsie Rodriguez has been also leading this painful situation.
23:49But at the same time, she has said that we are not going to stop.
23:53We are going to keep moving forward.
23:55But the rescue teams, ministers, deputies are also at the forefront of every sector.
24:02And it's important to say there is an accompaniment, national accompaniment and
24:08solidarity, international solidarity. And this international solidarity and
24:12this accompaniment has to do with
24:15that policy that has been implemented to overcome the situation.
24:21How are you being led?
24:23Well, rescuers, the international brigade
24:29are surprised about the deployment.
24:31And to see many of ourselves, of deputies and ministers that are here, that are accompanying
24:36and are permanently supporting to strengthen, to facilitate the way of rescuers in every,
24:44country, since day one. Acting President Elsie Rodriguez has been here, deployed hour after hour,
24:51following and giving us instructions. So that makes us feel hope,
24:55with, filled with hope, that identifies the women, the Venezuelan women, that accompanies, that supports,
25:03that puts above all of our differences, dignity of life, the dignity of Venezuelans, women and men.
25:13In those temporary shelters, in those field hospitals, in rescuers. Also, the fact that they can come here
25:24through the aerial bridge that we have created to receive all of the solidarity, international solidarity,
25:30a bridge that has been wonderful for life. And we are truly grateful that she is leading this
25:39difficult moment, in this national conscience, in this national hope, so we can keep building this path
25:50with our, with our families and this re-burn and reconstruction
25:56after such a hard load, such as the one that we're living. Thank you very much, Deputy.
26:01Deputy, I wanted to say that we are here. The hope remains intact. And this is, of course, not the
26:15right moment.
26:20And this is happening, such as in coastlines. There has been an incredible sun throughout the day,
26:28and now we have a fresh breeze that comes from the sea.
26:36I want to say that this,
26:43two days ago,
26:48that it was overwhelming. The rescue is underway.
26:52I want to say that this is hot, but now although we have a nice breeze,
27:20we are concerned because we have been feeling so much hot throughout the day,
27:29but now the weather is perfect to keep receiving people alive.
27:35and then the other is looking for each other.
27:38There is a whole nation waiting for him.
27:42Those were the statements of our correspondent in La Guaira state, Madeleine Garcia.
27:49she was also speaking to the Deputy Hennessy that is deployed in this
27:56territory she was giving informations regarding the ways in which these
28:01operations are being organized that she was also saying that all of the
28:07officials of the nation are being active participating main protagonist as well
28:13of the recovery efforts along the way as this emergency evolves as well in the
28:21nation with the presence of ministers vice ministers as well less at this
28:27moment we were witnessing live images with our correspondent Madeleine Garcia
28:33she was she is sad as well to up to presence to be a witness of the recover
28:41of the recovery efforts of the upper rescue operation of a male of 42 years
28:48old Hernan is present there beneath the table and is said to be rescued alive
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