Man Rescued Alive 8 Days After Devastating Venezuela Earthquakes

Hundreds of rescue workers erupted in cheers and embraced one another on Thursday after a 43-year-old man was rescued alive from the ruins of a collapsed building in Venezuela, eight days after twin earthquakes devastated parts of the country.
The dramatic rescue came as the official death toll from the June 24 disaster climbed to nearly 2,300, with thousands of people still unaccounted for, making the survival of security guard Hernan Gil a rare beacon of hope amid the tragedy.
Gil was carefully pulled from the wreckage of the seven-storey building where he worked in Catia La Mar, a coastal community that was almost completely flattened by the powerful earthquakes. He was carried a...