Source: JORDAN PUBLIC SECURITY DIRECTORATE
The sole survivor rescued in Venezuela by Tuesday afternoon was a toddler who had been trapped for six days under a collapsed building, National Assembly President Jorge Rodríguez said.
Acting President Delcy Rodríguez identified the boy as 3-year-old Klieber Morán.
Footage showed jubilant Jordanian rescuers crying “Mashallah”, an Arabic phrase that means “God has willed it,” as they pulled the limp but responsive boy, covered in white dust, out from the rubble.
The number of official rescues has dropped dramatically in the last three days, the Venezuelan government said, from 5,380 people saved in the first two days after the quakes to just four people found alive Monday by authorities.
The prime window for finding earthquake survivors is typically 48 to 72 hours, but it is possible to survive longer depending on factors such as temperature and access to water or food.
The government puts the death toll at over 1,900 – nearly a week after two powerful earthquakes struck Venezuela’s northern coast.
Experts say that is a significant undercount as more bodies are hauled from the rubble every day and morgues struggle to handle the influx.
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