{"id":370850,"date":"2026-08-14T00:26:08","date_gmt":"2026-08-14T00:26:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/370850\/"},"modified":"2026-08-14T00:26:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-14T00:26:08","slug":"fsu-doctoral-student-heads-to-colombia-to-help-family-affected-by-earthquake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/370850\/","title":{"rendered":"FSU doctoral student heads to Colombia to help family affected by earthquake"},"content":{"rendered":"

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WCTV) – Three days after the western part of Colombia was hit by a 7.4-magnitude earthquake<\/a>, a Florida State University doctoral student is headed to Colombia to help her family.<\/p>\n

Inge Guerrero said her cousins lost their home in the earthquake. Others are now out of work due to the damage and everyone needs basic supplies. <\/p>\n

Guerrero said she was traveling when the earthquake struck and only found out when she finally answered her husband\u2019s call.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen I answered, he just told me like, there was an earthquake in Colombia and we can\u2019t get a hold of your family. And it just was so scary. Like, I felt so sick to my stomach just to think like that I couldn\u2019t get a hold of them, thinking like, are they okay?\u201d Guerrero said. <\/p>\n

She said it wasn\u2019t until Wednesday night before she got a hold of her family. <\/p>\n

She is heading down to Miami and then to Colombia, where she\u2019ll survey the situation and distribute some supplies.<\/p>\n

She\u2019s organized a fundraising page<\/a> which has raised several thousand dollars. She said she\u2019s also working with a group in Miami to funnel medical supplies to a doctor friend in the country. <\/p>\n

Other charities on the ground in the country include UNICEF<\/a> and the Florida-based Global Empowerment Mission.<\/a> <\/p>\n

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