Video of a newborn and his mother rescued after days under rubble offers hope in Venezuela

Rescuers crowd around a newborn wearing only a diaper and bundled in a striped blanket in a video that offers a glimmer of hope to families whose loved ones are still missing after Venezuela’s huge earthquakes last week.

Rescuers crowd around a newborn wearing only a diaper and bundled in a striped blanket in a video that offers a glimmer of hope to families whose loved ones are still missing after Venezuela’s huge earthquakes last week.

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The footage published by The Associated Press showing 18-day-old Juan David and his mother, Dayana Patino, being saved from the rubble after their 32-hour ordeal in the northern coastal region of La Guaira was shared around the world this week.

“You are tough, Mami, you are tough,” a voice in Spanish tells a smiling Patino while she is still trapped under the rubble.