Against Medical Odds, Newborn and Mother Survive 32 Hours Under Venezuela Earthquake Rubble

A mother and newborn pulled from collapsed ruins in La Guaira on June 28 survived 32 hours without food, water, or temperature control—a medical rarity. Twin earthquakes struck Venezuela June 25. US rescue teams joined local crews in the technically complex extraction, a test of Venezuela's strained emergency capacity that unexpectedly succeeded.