Toddler Pulled From Rubble, Alive, 6 Days After Twin Quakes

Rescuers in Venezuela pulled a toddler alive from a collapsed apartment block six days after a pair of powerful earthquakes, in what officials called the only known rescue that day, the Guardian reports. The child, identified as Klieber Moran and described as either 2 or 3 years old by different officials, was found in the ruins of the Los Corales Garden 1 building in La Guaira state by a Jordanian team and taken for treatment in Caracas. The rescue took three hours and was described as "extremely difficult," ABC News reports. The boy's vital signs were said to be good.

Acting President Delcy Rodríguez announced the rescue, while National Assembly president Jorge Rodríguez said it underscored hopes of finding more survivors. Venezuela was struck last Wednesday by twin quakes with magnitudes of 7.2 and 7.5, which authorities say killed more than 1,900 people and injured more than 10,000. Tens of thousands of others remain unaccounted for. UNICEF has flown in 47 metric tons of medical and humanitarian supplies as hundreds of thousands face worsening conditions. Tens of thousands are in urgent need of food and shelter, the BBC reports.