{"id":322858,"date":"2026-06-28T22:41:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-28T22:41:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/322858\/"},"modified":"2026-06-28T22:41:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-28T22:41:08","slug":"the-best-news-south-florida-womans-mother-rescued-from-rubble-after-venezuela-earthquakes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/322858\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018The best news\u2019: South Florida woman\u2019s mother rescued from rubble after Venezuela earthquakes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c-paragraph\">DORAL, Fla. \u2014 A South Florida woman\u2019s mother survived <a href=\"https:\/\/www.local10.com\/news\/world\/2026\/06\/28\/teams-scramble-to-locate-survivors-four-days-after-venezuela-earthquakes\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.local10.com\/news\/world\/2026\/06\/28\/teams-scramble-to-locate-survivors-four-days-after-venezuela-earthquakes\/\">the Venezuela earthquakes<\/a> after being pulled from the rubble of a collapsed building.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Paola Ramos said her 54-year-old mother, Carla, was beneath the rubble for three days before being rescued.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cI called my family,\u201d Ramos said. \u201cI couldn\u2019t find my mom.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Ramos spent the next 72 hours unsure if her mother was dead or alive.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cIt\u2019s frustrating, but I\u2019m really connected with my people,\u201d she said. \u201cI was trying to do my best. I used my social media platforms to spread the news.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">She posted videos to Instagram expressing fear that her mother\u2019s building was being overlooked.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cI thought for two days she was dead because the building was really collapsed,\u201d Ramos said. \u201cIt was on the floor.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Since the devastating twin earthquakes the United Nations estimates at least 243 people have been pulled from the rubble as the death toll continues to climb.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Ramos credits her mother\u2019s faith for keeping her alive.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cShe\u2019s really shocked,\u201d Ramos said. \u201cShe was there working, taking care of a child.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The 6-year-old boy she was taking care of did not survive, Ramos said, dying of dehydration.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cRight now, we are not thinking. We have no time to process,\u201d Ramos said. \u201cVenezuela was not prepared for this.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Humanitarian relief efforts have been well underway since the natural disaster occurred.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Two highly trained South Florida teams, Florida Task Force One and Two were dispatched to the scene to aid in the search-and-rescue effort.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Many are stopping by local donation sites.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cIt\u2019s amazing,\u201d Ramos said. \u201cWe need help.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Ramos had a message for those in Venezuela: \u201cKeep going; have faith.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\udfe0 News From Your Neighborhood<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph b-article-body__copyright\">Copyright 2026 by WPLG Local10.com &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"DORAL, Fla. \u2014 A South Florida woman\u2019s mother survived the Venezuela earthquakes after being pulled from the rubble&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":322859,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[28,30,29],"class_list":["post-322858","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-florida","tag-florida","tag-florida-headlines","tag-florida-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/322858","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=322858"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/322858\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/322859"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=322858"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=322858"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=322858"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}