{"id":40918,"date":"2026-08-12T13:40:36","date_gmt":"2026-08-12T08:40:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=40918"},"modified":"2026-08-12T13:40:36","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T08:40:36","slug":"baby-rescued-from-rubble-in-colombia-after-devastating-earthquake-kills-at-least-181","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=40918","title":{"rendered":"Baby rescued from rubble in Colombia after devastating earthquake kills at least 181"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>Footage posted on social media shows a young baby being pulled alive from the rubble of a destroyed building in Colombia after a <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/colombia-earthquake-rescue-survivors\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">7.4 magnitude earthquake struck the country<\/a><\/span> Monday.<\/p>\n<p>The video, posted by Brian Osorio Zuluaga on Monday night, shows a group of people combing through the rubble of a building, asking a survivor trapped underneath if he is alone. &#8220;I&#8217;m with a baby,&#8221; the man can be heard saying in a muffled voice.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>As they race to remove pieces of concrete with their bare hands, the muffled cries of a child are heard. Another video shows a man holding the crying infant, with his arms covered in blood and the lower half of his body still trapped in rubble.<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed__float-wrap\">\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\" data-ads=\"{\" extrawordcount=\"\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content \"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/08\/12\/7eb418ef-16d4-4049-826e-d9b2afedf47a\/thumbnail\/620x1076\/b493f0d687cd7d902a79bf98bb24fe43\/screenshot-2026-08-12-at-08-14-20.png#\" alt=\"screenshot-2026-08-12-at-08-14-20.png \" height=\"1076\" width=\"620\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/08\/12\/7eb418ef-16d4-4049-826e-d9b2afedf47a\/thumbnail\/620x1076\/b493f0d687cd7d902a79bf98bb24fe43\/screenshot-2026-08-12-at-08-14-20.png 1x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">Five men were captured on video rescuing a baby from the arms of a man, who was also alive, trapped underneath a destroyed building in Colombia after a devastating earthquake on August 10, 2026.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Brian Osorio Zuluaga \/ Facebook<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The five men in the video slowly remove the baby\u00a0then shout for a paramedic before erupting in a euphoric cheer. The last video posted by Zuluaga shows the workers continuing to help free the man who had been holding the baby.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Today I understood, more than ever, that no one is really prepared to live through a situation like the one we are experiencing today,&#8221; Zuluaga wrote on the post accompanying the videos.<\/p>\n<p>He described being among the first people at that location and helping a group of people rescue others.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed__float-wrap\">\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\" data-ads=\"{\" extrawordcount=\"\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content \"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/08\/12\/e053941c-0002-49fe-a29d-c168ef982467\/thumbnail\/620x1085\/10e7b4fe4ae73d1092cbd95b9a7c5486\/screenshot-2026-08-12-at-08-14-40.png#\" alt=\"screenshot-2026-08-12-at-08-14-40.png \" height=\"1085\" width=\"620\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/08\/12\/e053941c-0002-49fe-a29d-c168ef982467\/thumbnail\/620x1085\/10e7b4fe4ae73d1092cbd95b9a7c5486\/screenshot-2026-08-12-at-08-14-40.png 1x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">Rescuers erupted in euphoric cheers when they managed to rescue a baby from beneath a collapsed building before continuing to help free the man who had held the infant following a powerful earthquake in Colombia on August 10, 2026.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Brian Osorio Zuluaga \/ Facebook<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;A helping hand can make the difference between life and death,&#8221; Zuluaga wrote. &#8220;In moments like this, differences don&#8217;t matter, what matters is helping.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The conditions of the baby and the adult who held him were not immediately clear.<\/p>\n<p>Search teams and volunteers across the country are racing against time to save anyone who may still be alive under the rubble.<\/p>\n<p>Colombia&#8217;s President Abelardo de la Espriella, who had only been in power for days when the disaster struck, said at least 181 people had died and 2,595 were injured. Civilian-run databases estimate nearly 4,000 people are still unaccounted for.<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. has offered over $15 million in aid and Mexico&#8217;s president said she is prepared to send hundreds of search and health workers, tons of health supplies and other equipment.<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday afternoon, Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele said his country would send two planes loaded with 100 tons of aid in the coming days.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Our prayers are with the families of the victims, the wounded and all the Colombian people,&#8221; Bukele wrote on X.<\/p>\n<section class=\"content__body--footer\">\n<p class=\"content__meta--contributors\">\n<p>                      <span class=\"byline__author__text\">The Associated  Press<\/span><\/p>\n<p>        contributed to this report.\n    <\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p>  <!-- data-recirc-source=\"queryly\" --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"component list recirculation component--type-recirculation  \">\n        <\/aside>\n<section class=\"content__body--footer\">\n      <!-- tags --><\/p>\n<section class=\"content__tags\">\n<p class=\"content__tags__label\">In:<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/section><\/div>\n<script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Footage posted on social media shows a young baby being pulled alive from the rubble of a destroyed building in Colombia after a 7.4 magnitude earthquake struck the country Monday. 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