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June 27, 2026, 4:15 p.mJune 27, 2026, 4:15 p.m
After the severe double earthquake in Venezuela, volunteers are being celebrated online for accompanying their rescue mission in search of buried victims with singing. In a video shared by “El País México”, the helpers can be seen and heard singing loudly and enthusiastically together: “Calm down, my injured one, we are almost there.”
They use a slight variation on a popular Venezuelan Christmas song, “El burrito sabanero”. It’s about a shepherd who sets off with his little donkey to find baby Jesus. According to the medium, the singing is intended to draw the attention of buried victims to the approaching helpers and to provide comfort.
Note: Buried people can be seen in the video.
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“We’re getting you out now.”
The “El País” video also shows survivors being found under heavy concrete rubble, including a trapped child. “We’re getting you out now so that the helicopter can take you away,” a helper can be heard saying, to which the little boy replies: “But everything is destroyed.”
On the third day after the disaster in the Venezuelan state of La Guaira, videos like these continue to spread hope that people can still be rescued from collapsed houses. In addition to emergency services from home and abroad, residents everywhere are taking part in the search – mostly without heavy equipment or sufficient tools.
On Wednesday, two earthquakes measuring 7.2 and 7.5 in quick succession shook the north and center of the South American country. According to authorities, at least 920 people died and more than 3,000 were injured. It is feared that thousands of people may have been buried under rubble. (sda/dpa)