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Soccer player's wife dies shielding daughter in Venezuela earthquake
New York Post • • world
Key Points:
- Héctor Bello, a defender for Marítimo de La Guaira, announced on Instagram that his wife, Andrea, died shielding their one-year-old daughter, Alana, during the devastating double earthquakes in Venezuela.
- Andrea’s body was recovered from the rubble, while their daughter survived and was rescued, though she sustained injuries including a black eye and a bandaged arm.
- Bello shared heartfelt messages mourning his wife’s sacrifice and expressing his struggle to cope, while urging his daughter to be strong and help him heal.
- The earthquakes, measuring 7.1 and 7.5 in magnitude, struck Venezuela within about a minute of each other, causing widespread destruction, with at least 589 deaths and 4,300 injuries reported.
- These quakes are among the strongest to hit Venezuela in over a century, leading to collapsed buildings and flattened structures across the affected areas.
