Woman pulled alive from rubble 36 hours after Colombia quake
Following a 10-hour rescue operation, emergency workers pulled the 32-year-old from beneath slabs of concrete.
A 32-year-old woman, Daniela Largo, has been rescued alive after being trapped under rubble for 36 hours following a 7.4-magnitude earthquake in western Colombia. The rescue operation, which lasted 10 hours, involved digging two tunnels through four concrete slabs that were blocking her escape. At least 265 people have died and 496 remain missing, with 79 confirmed deaths in Pereira, Colombia's coffee-growing region.
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