Rescue workers on the ground in Venezuela after the earthquake
Dana Marie McNicholl reports on the dire situation in Venezuela following two massive 7.2 and 7.5 magnitude earthquakes, with a death toll of 920 and over 50,000 still missing. Volunteers from Florida, especially the Venezuelan community in Doral, tirelessly collect and package humanitarian aid. US military forces from the Southern Command, including search and rescue teams, have also arrived on the ground to provide critical assistance.
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The wife of former MLB outfielder Gorkys Hernandez was among those killed in the devastating earthquakes that tore through Venezuela earlier this week.
Hernandez made the heartbreaking revelation about Deisy Maria Tovar De Hernandez in a post on Instagram on Saturday.
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Emergency services work at the site of a collapsed building after an earthquake in Caracas, Venezuela, June 24, 2026. (REUTERS/Leonardo Fernandez Viloria)
“Queen of my life you are and will be the most beautiful, most beautiful, most precious, the best woman in the world, who always looked for the way to rise in bad times, you were and are for me the most beautiful woman in my life,” he wrote in the post. “You will always be with me at all times and in every moment, fly high my princess my queen may God have you in his glory and guide me to move forward and uplift our family, I love you rest in peace my girl give strength love in my life because we had a mission but here I am to fulfill it and you taught me to be strong at any point in life.”
Deisy was at Hotel Eduards in La Guaira, Venezuela with many family members of La Guaira Delfines players as the team prepared to play Aragua Tigres in a Mexican baseball league contest, according to the New York Post.
San Francisco Giants center fielder Gorkys Hernandez runs to the dugout in the bottom of the eighth inning against the Colorado Rockies at Coors Field in Denver, Colo., on Sept. 3, 2018. (Isaiah J. Downing/USA TODAY Sports)
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Hernandez and his teammates rushed back to the hotel after the game was suspended. He played seven years in the majors with the Boston Red Sox, San Francisco Giants and others.
Venezuela suffered back-to-back 7.2 and 7.5 earthquakes, causing devastation across the country. More than 1,400 people are reported dead with another 68,900 missing.
There’s a pile of bodies over there from last night. Newborn babies,” Mileidy Romero, who was among those searching Caraballeda for someone trapped in the rubble. “At 20.00 (yesterday) there were people alive down there and they didn’t bother to save them. We’ve found several bodies and they haven’t helped us get them back either. What are they waiting for?”
San Francisco Giants outfielder Gorkys Hernandez reacts after a base hit during the fourth inning against the Colorado Rockies at AT&T Park in San Francisco, California on September 15, 2018. (Kiel Maddox/USA TODAY Sports)
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The natural disaster struck on Thursday, and the search has been underway.
