Venezuela's acting president, Delcy Rodríguez, described the rescue of a three-year-old boy from the rubble of a building in the state of La Guaira as a "miracle" by reposting a video documenting the team's efforts six days after the twin earthquake that struck the country.
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Rodriguez said on her Instagram account that what happened gives new hope to the rest of the missing, pointing out that the three-year-old child Clipper Moran was rescued at dawn today from the Los Corrales Garden 1 building in the state of La Guerra.
She added that the child's survival is a miracle that gives hope to the Venezuelan people, in light of the ongoing search and rescue operations for the missing under the rubble following the earthquake.
In this context, the Jordanian International Search and Rescue Team announced that it was able to rescue the child from under the rubble 6 days after the earthquake occurred in the capital, Caracas, explaining that the team found him during its field operations, and his vital signs were good.
Public Security Directorate spokesman Amer al-Sartawi said that the team worked for hours to remove the rubble using specialized equipment, while monitoring the child's vital signs with thermal devices, until he was taken out without any harm, before providing him with first aid and transferring him to the hospital and informing the local authorities.
The commander of the Jordanian search and rescue team participating in the response to the effects of the earthquake, Colonel Hashem Obeidat, added that the team moved immediately to Venezuela and began its operations since Saturday, noting that it dealt with several sites and contributed to the recovery of 11 bodies from different locations, as part of its work under the umbrella of the United Nations and in coordination with the Venezuelan authorities.
Obeidat explained that the team includes about 100 specialized cadres and uses advanced equipment to deal with such incidents, stressing the continuation of efforts to search for survivors and deal with the effects of the disaster in the affected areas.
