Teens who fled Venezuela after deadly quakes caught in another disaster in Colombia
Deivi Delfín and his brother moved to Colombia after a quake in Venezuela killed their mother, but were caught in another deadly disaster.
Deivi Delfín and his 17-year-old brother, Winder, fled Venezuela after two devastating earthquakes in June. The tremors killed three family members, including their mother, and left them homeless. They moved to Cali, Colombia, where their father worked. Three days later, another earthquake struck, and the brothers felt the ground shake again.
In the aftermath of the first disaster, the brothers ventured into the rubble to search for their family members, discovering pieces of their mother's belongings and finally their grandmother's floral skirt. Winder recognized his mother's body by the plastic bag of hair dye she wore. After laying their family members to rest, the brothers returned to live with their father in Cali.
However, just a week after settling into their new home, a magnitude 7.4 earthquake struck Colombia, killing several hundred people and leaving many more missing. The brothers were once again caught in a disaster, this time in their new country.
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