A Miracle Out of Devastation in Ecuador

Gary Lane : May 4, 2016
CBN News

Inspectors who came to the building to check for structural damage heard some faint whimpers from beneath the ruins...

[CBN News] Two weeks after that 7.8 Earthquake devastated many towns and villages throughout Ecuador, a 72-year old man was rescued from beneath the rubble of a collapsed building. (Photo Courtesy CBN News)

Inspectors who came to the building to check for structural damage heard some faint whimpers from beneath the ruins. That's when a Venezuelan rescue team was called in to pull Manuel Vasquez from the rubble.

Disoriented and dehydrated, the man from Manabi province was taken immediately to the hospital. Vasquez suffered some kidney damage and he lost some toes, but doctors expect him to survive.

The death toll from the April 16 quake has now reached at least 660. And now more than two weeks later, many survivors are still enduring primitive conditions. (Screengrab via CBN News)

CBN Humanitarian and Disaster Relief was on location throughout Ecuador within hours of the earthquake. Our teams are still there, bringing relief to the people.

Click here to watch an on-location update from CBN News Latin America reporter Javier Bolanos to see how CBN is helping many of the people still without electricity in the coastal city of Manta.

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