Aunt Vows to Care for 2-Year-Old Quake Survivor After 6 Days Under Rubble
Updated
Updated · BBC.com · Jul 1
Aunt Vows to Care for 2-Year-Old Quake Survivor After 6 Days Under Rubble
3 articles · Updated · BBC.com · Jul 1
Summary
Two-year-old Kleiber Moran stabilized in a Caracas hospital after Jordanian rescuers pulled him alive from his home in La Guaira early Tuesday, six days after Venezuela’s twin earthquakes.
Andreína Sarmiento, 23, said she would care for her nephew “with a mother’s warmth” while hoping rescuers still find his missing parents, especially her sister Ana Luz, 31.
Kleiber arrived in shock but by Wednesday was talking, giving kisses and showing only scratches on his arms and legs, with no fractures, his aunt said.
The rescue has become a rare symbol of hope as the official death toll reached 2,295, tens of thousands were reported missing and the UN moved to procure 10,000 body bags.