With no way out of their apartment after the earthquake, Caracas resident Martha Anez leaned out of her balcony and shouted, \u2018We\u2019re trapped! We need help! Please, someone come!\u2019 Anez told US broadcaster CNN that two more aftershocks followed. Each lasted a minute and a half, but it felt like it would never end!
\nShe said she couldn\u2019t even get out. They were being hit with hammers on one side and kicked on the other. In the end, I don\u2019t know who rescued us. All I could hear was them shouting, \u2018Get out of there, we\u2019re coming, there\u2019s six of us!\u2019 Then they broke down the door and entered.
\nAnez said the bottom three floors of her apartment building were completely destroyed. Another Caracas resident, Eric Martinez, said he was trying to build a protective wall with furniture when debris from the upper floors of his apartment building began to fall on his house.
\n\u201cEverything was falling on my house from the apartments above,\u201d he said. Another trapped man, named Martinez, had to wait about two hours to be rescued. That\u2019s when rescuers realized he was still alive. \u201cThey realized I was alive. Then they said, \u2018Talk, talk, talk.\u2019 So I kept talking,\u201d he said.
\nVenezuela is still recovering from the devastation of two powerful earthquakes in a row. So far, 32 people have been killed and 700 injured. The toll is expected to rise. Venezuela\u2019s acting president, Delcy Rodriguez, confirmed the casualty figures to the media.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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