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Father and son rescued after being buried in rubble for four days in Venezuela’s earthquakes
A father and his son were recovered alive from the rubble of a collapsed building on Sunday, four days after deadly earthquakes hit Venezuela.
It was a scene that brought hope to the French and US rescue workers working in the area as they battle against time to find more survivors.
The two, who looked frail and both wore masks, were hoisted by rescue workers on makeshift fabric stretchers across streets strewn with debris to an ambulance waiting in La Guaira as a crowd formed around the emergency vehicles.
The coastal state was the worst impacted by Wednesday’s tremors that left over 1,500 dead and others missing.
They were rescued after 12 hours of laborious work by crews using specialised search cameras, who worked painstakingly through unstable rubble to reach the trapped victims.“They are very weak, as anyone would be after being under rubble for four days, so we are doing everything possible to rehydrate them and give them various drugs as they are extracted, which is moving very slowly,” said a member of the French Civil Security.
The rescue squad in that region includes personnel of the French Civil Security and American responders from the Fairfax County Urban Search and Rescue squad in Virginia, who on the previous day rescued a mother and her 9-month-old infant.
Rescuers set up IVs, cleared rubble, and then pulled out the family members. Others waited beside the ruins, searching for signs of life, speaking with their colleagues amid the debris.
Over the weekend, at least 33 people were rescued, but tens of thousands are still missing, sparking worries that time is running out to find survivors.
But experts say that 72 hours after an earthquake the chances of discovering victims alive under the wreckage are quite slim.
The Punjab government has decided to celebrate Basant next year with the traditional kite-flying event being held in February instead of January.
In this regard, Punjab Home Department and the district administration have prepared a draft plan for Basant in Lahore next year.
The festival has been rescheduled to February and the final date will be revealed after the consent of the provincial government, sources added.
Preparations will be mindful of last year’s experience and preparations. Permission for kite, string and other associated manufacturing operations is also likely to be given soon while laws and regulations governing kite flying will be completed before the festival.
Bahrain Foreign Minister Abdullatif bin Rashid Al Zayani called Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Senator Mohammad Ishaq Dar last nite.
Foreign Minister Al Zayani thanked DPM Dar on signing of the Makkah Joint Defence Agreement between Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Turkey. He also said he would visit Pakistan soon.
Dar appreciated Dr. Al Zayani’s interest to visit Pakistan and thanked him for his good sentiments.
He emphasised Pakistan’s strong commitment to promote dialogue and diplomacy to achieve peace and stability in the region and beyond.
US President Donald Trump said on Monday he will demand that Iran pay compensation for “all of the people that they have killed and gravely wounded,” in response to Iran seeking compensation for the damages it has incurred from US and Israeli attacks.
Trump’s social media post came after Iran said over the weekend it was nearing a deal with Oman defining new shipping lanes between them through the Strait of Hormuz but repeated that the US must meet conditions including compensation and an end to sanctions and military threats, before the strategic waterway is reopened.
“It is an interesting idea because now I am likewise demanding compensation from Iran, for all of the people that they have killed and gravely wounded with their roadside bombs and many conflicts,” he wrote on Truth Social.
Trump also referenced and claimed compensation from Iran for the October 2000 deadly bombing of the US Navy guided-missile destroyer USS Cole at a Yemeni port.
The FBI has attributed that bombing, which killed 17 sailors and wounded more than three dozen others, to al Qaeda.
Trump added that Tehran should also pay compensation to the families of the thousands of people during anti-government protests in January, Iran’s worst domestic unrest since the era of its 1979 Islamic Revolution.
Rights groups say the Iranian government has continued to crack down on opponents during the war.
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