Searching Through Rubble for Family | US News

US News Today | 2 Min News | The Daily News Now! · Jul 13, 2026 · 1m

Ten days after the devastating earthquakes hit Venezuela’s coast, Miguel Baez still searches desperately through rubble in La Guaira for his missing mother, brother, and niece—amid a sluggish official response, overwhelming trauma, and unsanitary living conditions. Digging through debris, he finds fragments of their lives while battling the stench, aftershocks, and crushing grief. After a heartbreaking false hope when rescuers found a child’s remains, he presses on, sleeping in a tent and risking his life to honor their memory—vowing to keep searching until he can give them the dignified…