A three-year-old boy has been pulled alive from the rubble six days after the horrific earthquake in Venezuela.
A Jordanian rescue team burst into cheers as the child was saved from the ruins. He has been named by the country’s interim president as Klieber Morán.
Delcy Rodríguez described the child’s rescue as a moment of hope.
The Jordanian civil defence said Klieber was given first aid treatment, taken to a hospital and his vital signs were good.
He was being treated in the capital Caracas, Venezuelan Assembly President Jorge Rodríguez said, the BBC reports.
The de@th toll from the devastating tragedy has climbed to 1,943 with more than 10,000 people injured. The quakes, with magnitudes of 7.2 and 7.5, have also left tens of thousands more unaccounted for.
Rodríguez said Klieber’s rescue highlighted there is still hope of continuing to find people alive. He added that domestic and international teams were still searching through rubble to locate those missing.
According to an initial assessment of satellite data from NASA the shakes also damaged or destroyed approximately 58,870 buildings.
Experts warned after the destruction that the three-day period following the quake was the best chance at finding people alive.
Many locals in La Guaira, one of the hardest hit areas, have been carrying out their own rescue missions to find loved ones.
See video below.
Three-year-old Klieber Moran was pulled alive from the rubble six days after two powerful earthquakes struck the country. pic.twitter.com/evKDyWPVH3
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