The rescue of Hernan Gil on Thursday ended a days-long, complex recovery operation. The 43-year-old was working as a security guard in an eight-story building in Catia La Mar when part of the structure collapsed and buried him under the rubble. Rescue teams from Venezuela, Chile, the United States, Portugal, Costa Rica, El Salvador, and Mexico worked around the clock for three days to free him.
They supplied him with water through a tube and inserted a hose through the debris to provide sufficient oxygen. “It was not easy to reach the exact spot where the victim was,” said Cristian Vera, the head of the Chilean rescue team, to AFP.
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