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Quake-hit Venezuelans search packed hospitals for missing loved ones

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  • ID : 8486766
  • Dateline : June 26, 2026
  • Location : Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of
  • Category : Other
  • Duration : 1'57
  • Audio Language : Spanish/Nats
  • Source : China Central Television (CCTV)
  • Restrictions : No access Chinese mainland
  • Published : 2026-06-28 14:49
  • Last Modified : 2026-06-28 18:28:48
  • Version : 3
  • ID : 8486766
  • Dateline : 26 jun. 2026
  • Location : Venezuela
  • Category : Other
  • Duration : 1'57
  • Audio Language : Español/Parte Muda
  • Source : China Central Television (CCTV)
  • Restrictions : No acceso a la parte continental de China
  • Published : 2026-06-28 14:35
  • Last Modified : 2026-06-28 18:28:48
  • Version : 3

Venezuela-Earthquakes/Families/Search

Quake-hit Venezuelans search packed hospitals for missing loved ones

Dateline : June 26, 2026

Location : Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of

Duration : 1'57

  • English
  • Español


Caracas, Venezuela - June 26, 2026 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
1. Various of residents at hospital
2. Sign showing "Pediatric Emergency"
3. Various of Luis Pena, father of missing twins, putting on notice on wall
4. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Luis Pena, father of missing twins (partially overlaid with shot 5):
"We are looking for our twins -- who, it seems, were found in the rubble last night -- and I'm heading up to various locations in Caracas and hospitals to see if I can find my children. They are in good condition, as they have already been found."
++SHOT OVERLAYING SOUNDBITE++
5. Notice for missing persons
++SHOT OVERLAYING SOUNDBITE++
6. Injured resident being transfered to wheelchair
7. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Naomi Gonzalez, nurse (ending with shot 8):
"The situation is truly critical. We have received an overwhelming number of patients. Many arrived without families or homes, or others have absolutely nothing left, but the clothes on their backs. We have critically ill patients with nowhere to live and no family members to take care of them. Many children also arrived without their parents or any other relatives by their side."
8. Various of resident taking photo of list of patients
9. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Fiorela Mora, volunteer:
"My job is to accompany these children in the pediatric ward. Many of them do not yet know that their parents dead in the disaster in La Guaira while they are transferred here."
10. Various of ambulance, patients transfer
11. Resident watching notice of mission person
12. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Yuliana Eyzaguirre, resident:
"I have been to every single hospital in Caracas and still haven't found him. I have been to the Bello Monte morgue but I didn't find him. I went there to check bodies to see if he was among them, but he wasn't. They told me to come to the Vargas Hospital here in Caracas, saying it was most likely he would be brought here."
13. Ambulance arriving at hospital
14. Patient transfer; medical staff, residents


Hospitals in Caracas and neighboring La Guaira are overwhelmed with casualties, with desperate families moving from one facility to another in search of missing loved ones.

The disaster has killed at least 1,430 people, injured more than 3,200, and displaced thousands of families. The twin quakes, measuring magnitude 7.2 and 7.5, struck central Venezuela less than a minute apart on Wednesday, according to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).

At the Jose Maria Vargas Hospital in Caracas, Luis Pena and his wife arrive from hard‑hit La Guaira after hearing unverified reports that their twin sons, Matias and Mateo, who have been missing since the earthquakes, had been rescued and transferred to the capital. The anxious parents put up missing‑person posters in pediatric emergency areas and on hospital walls, hoping someone will provide a clue that allows them to hold their children again.

"We are looking for our twins -- who, it seems, were found in the rubble last night -- and I'm heading up to various locations in Caracas and hospitals to see if I can find my children. They are in good condition, as they have already been found," said Pena, the twins' father.

Inside the hospital, pediatric wards have become the emotional epicenter of the disaster, filled with children separated from their families amid the chaos.

"The situation is truly critical. We have received an overwhelming number of patients. Many arrived without families or homes, or others have absolutely nothing left, but the clothes on their backs. We have critically ill patients with nowhere to live and no family members to take care of them. Many children also arrived without their parents or any other relatives by their side," said Naomi Gonzalez, nurse.

For some of those children, the reality of the disaster has been shielded by medical staff and volunteers trying to comfort them.

"My job is to accompany these children in the pediatric ward. Many of them do not yet know that their parents dead in the disaster in La Guaira while they are transferred here," said Fiorella Mora, a volunteer at the hospital.

As night fell over Caracas, the influx of anxious families showed no signs of slowing down. Relying on fragments of information from social media and word-of-mouth, many spent the evening checking casualty lists.

"I have been to every single hospital in Caracas and still haven't found him. I have been to the Bello Monte morgue but I didn't find him. I went there to check bodies to see if he was among them, but he wasn't. They told me to come to the Vargas Hospital here in Caracas, saying it was most likely he would be brought here," said Yuliana Eyzaguirre,

With emergency rooms pushed past their limits, medical personnel and responders continue to work through the night, attempting to save lives as both the casualty numbers and death tolls mount.

ID : 8486766

Published : 2026-06-28 14:49

Last Modified : 2026-06-28 18:28:48

Source : China Central Television (CCTV)

Restrictions : No access Chinese mainland

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