Venezuelan security guard pulled alive from building basement 8 days after twin quakes

A 43-year-old Venezuelan security guard, Hernán Alberto Gil Flores, was rescued alive from a collapsed basement 8 days after twin earthquakes struck, after being trapped since June 24. International rescue teams, including Chilean firefighters and the Costa Rican Red Cross, worked through unstable conditions to extract him, defying the typical 72-hour survival window for disaster victims.