A 43-year-old security guard who survived last week’s devastating twin earthquakes in Venezuela thanks to a pocket of air in his workplace cabin has been pulled from the collapsed basement of a shopping centre amid huge cheers from international rescue teams. Hernán Alberto Gil Flores, a nightshift security guard at the centre, was inside his small security cabin when the first violent tremor struck. The surrounding concrete structure collapsed around him but his cabin shielded him from crushing debris and created a vital pocket of air. Rescue teams kept him fed and hydrated during the four days it took to free him after first making contact
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A 43-year-old security guard who survived last week’s devastating twin earthquakes in Venezuela thanks to a pocket of air in his workplace cabin has been pulled from the collapsed basement of a shopping centre amid hu...
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