A Search Through the Rubble of Two Towers in Venezuela
Erick Rosas, a few weeks shy of his college graduation, was living with his family on the third floor, but when the shaking started on Wednesday, he was visiting his uncle, about 15 miles up the coast. He pulled himself from the water and leapt from the pool deck over a concrete wall that dropped about 10 feet to the street. Apartment buildings behind him, and to his left and right, were falling to the ground.
- ▪Erick Rosas, a few weeks shy of his college graduation, was living with his family on the third floor, but when the shaking started on Wednesday, he was visiting his uncle, about 15 miles up the coast.
- ▪He pulled himself from the water and leapt from the pool deck over a concrete wall that dropped about 10 feet to the street.
- ▪Apartment buildings behind him, and to his left and right, were falling to the ground.
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ScienceA Search Through the Rubble of Two Towers in VenezuelaIn the first, crucial days after Venezuela’s earthquake, the people closest to the disaster were on their own.By Joshua PartlowDiko Betancourt / Anadolu / GettyJune 30, 2026, 4:31 PM ET ShareSave The Conjunto Residencial Belo Horizonte, twin apartment towers in the Venezuelan state of La Guaira, stood 16 stories high and offered sweeping views of the Caribbean Sea. Erick Rosas, a few weeks shy of his college graduation, was living with his family on the third floor, but when the shaking started on Wednesday, he was visiting his uncle, about 15 miles up the coast.
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