Rescuers in La Guaira pull Hernán Alberto Gil Flores alive from under roughly 140 tonnes of rubble at the collapsed Galerias Playa Grande after eight days trapped.A multinational operation led by Venezuelan teams with brigades from Chile, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Mexico, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Italy, Ecuador, Colombia and the US used hand excavation, parallel tunneling and continuous communication to avoid further collapse and keep Gil hydrated and medicated.Visual contact had been made with Gil through search cameras and rescuers provided water, food, oxygen and an intravenous drip before extracting him from a security booth that helped shield him.Authorities report more than 2,200 dead, over 11,000 injured and thousands missing after two powerful earthquakes in La Guaira this month, and
United Nations coordination continues wider search-and-rescue and relief efforts.