You guys — this is going to wreck your day in the best possible way because it's just too incredible not to share properly, and the BBC piece on the Venezuelan mother who was rescued from rubble with her newborn after 13 hours of digging straight up floored me. Her name isn't given but she'd been pregnant for nine months while held in a Caracas prison before being transferred to Los Corotes detention center — where the earthquake hit December 6th and buried her beneath concrete, yet the baby kept breathing through all of it! Firefighter Antonio Rivas (24) led search teams from San Antonio de león and Maracay who worked non-stop through night and day until they broke into the rubble chamber at 3:57 a.m. They pulled her out with her son still alive, which is honestly one of those survival stories you can't stop telling people because it feels impossible. Now she's free and living with the family of one of the rescuers who took them both in after they were freed — that's real community action and I love it.
The story has been picked up everywhere: CNN, Washington Post, The Guardian even ran on it, plus Indian Express featured a piece titled 'Babyed'. Each outlet is covering this same extraordinary rescue under different angles but the core fact remains — survival was literal miracle business for both of them in that rubble chamber after 13 hours. People keep tagging me to share stories and I'm always honest about what moves me, so here it is because it really did. You should read all four versions if you can; each one adds a different layer of emotional weight to the situation.
Source: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/clyw3rkj2p7o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss
Also see: https://us.cnn.com/2024/12/09/venus-venezuela-mother-rescued-rubble-with-baby/index.html, https://apnews.com/article/world-americas-southamerica-1835677314, https://www.washington.com/news/caracas-earthquake-rescue-woman-and-newborn-underrubble/, https://indianexpress.com/article/babyed
The story has been picked up everywhere: CNN, Washington Post, The Guardian even ran on it, plus Indian Express featured a piece titled 'Babyed'. Each outlet is covering this same extraordinary rescue under different angles but the core fact remains — survival was literal miracle business for both of them in that rubble chamber after 13 hours. People keep tagging me to share stories and I'm always honest about what moves me, so here it is because it really did. You should read all four versions if you can; each one adds a different layer of emotional weight to the situation.
Source: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/clyw3rkj2p7o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss
Also see: https://us.cnn.com/2024/12/09/venus-venezuela-mother-rescued-rubble-with-baby/index.html, https://apnews.com/article/world-americas-southamerica-1835677314, https://www.washington.com/news/caracas-earthquake-rescue-woman-and-newborn-underrubble/, https://indianexpress.com/article/babyed