The desperate search for survivors through the rubble<\/a> has gone on for days after the devastating earthquakes in Venezuela.<\/p>\nSouth Florida relatives rejoice after 12-year-old found alive in Venezuelan earthquake rubble <\/p>\n
Monday night, family members said 12-year-old Carlos Miguel Colmenares Gutierrez was rescued after being stuck in the rubble for five days.<\/p>\n
Cellphone video captured the boy being taken away by crews on a stretcher.<\/p>\n
A crowd gathered all around them, applauding, marveled by what they saw.<\/p>\n
The boy is later shown being taken away by ambulance to a Caracas hospital.<\/p>\n
His second cousin, Mayra Heredia, said he\u2019s in stable condition in the ICU with no serious injuries even though he was stuck for so long.<\/p>\n
He was home in his apartment when the earthquakes struck, and a fallen fridge had shielded him from the collapsed roof.<\/p>\n
\u201cBy Sunday they pretty much said the building was a loss,\u201d said Heredia. \u201cThey presumed everyone dead.\u201d<\/p>\n
But Monday, crews heard the boy yelling out his name, and their cameras confirmed he was in there, leading to the rescue.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s a miracle,\u201d said Heredia. \u201cWe\u2019re all in shock he\u2019s alive. He survived with no life-threatening injuries, he\u2019s just very dehydrated.\u201d<\/p>\n
While the family is grateful for the boy\u2019s rescue, they know that for so many in Venezuela it\u2019s not the same story. <\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s still a bittersweet feeling knowing yes, we found him, but there\u2019s thousands of others who might still be alive under there that we haven\u2019t been able to fully locate,\u201d said Heredia. <\/p>\n
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