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Woman rescued alive 36 hours after Colombia earthquake

Emergency workers in Colombia have pulled a 32-year-old woman alive from rubble 36 hours after an earthquake, following a 10-hour rescue effort beneath concrete slabs.

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A 32-year-old woman has been rescued alive from beneath rubble in Colombia 36 hours after an earthquake.

Emergency workers reached the woman after a rescue operation lasting 10 hours. She had been trapped under slabs of concrete before being pulled free.

The rescue followed the earthquake in Colombia, although the supplied material does not give further details on the precise location, the scale of the damage or the woman’s medical condition after she was recovered.

The latest known information is that the woman was brought out alive after the prolonged operation. No additional details about casualties, wider damage or further rescue efforts were provided in the source material.

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