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[00:01:27] but you are there, Álvaro,
[00:02:22] that we see solidarity,
[00:03:06] yes, they do it from the
[00:03:40] the territory with this
[00:03:55] also in company and it
[00:04:28] morning with members of
[00:13:03] We are CNN, the world leader in news.
[00:13:21] Hello, how are you, this is Rey Rodríguez. For
[00:13:25] my colleague Fernando del Rincón, host of this program,
[00:13:29] on behalf of Fernando del Rincón, I
[00:13:32] welcome you to this program
[00:13:35] Conclusiones, I'll go with the headlines, the
[00:13:38] death toll from the earthquake in Colombia
[00:13:42] rises tonight to more than 200 people according to CNN calculations
[00:13:45] with official data, but just as there
[00:13:49] are images of destruction and devastation, there are
[00:13:52] also scenes that call for optimism.
[00:13:55] like the rescue of people, even babies a few
[00:13:59] months old from under the rubble, as well as the
[00:14:02] solidarity of Colombians themselves, many of them
[00:14:06] abroad and the international
[00:14:09] community,
[00:14:12] and the former president of Honduras, Juan Orlando Hernández, faces a new
[00:14:16] judicial process, now in his country, the attorney general
[00:14:20] will join us in this program to talk about it,
[00:14:24] that's how it starts. Let's
[00:14:38] conclude and I ask you to join me from this moment on using
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[00:15:25] in a building in the city of Cali, but let's hear how the
[00:15:29] firefighters in Cali
[00:15:31] explain this rescue. We found a
[00:15:34] patient named
[00:15:39] Carlos, 34 years old, trapped here
[00:15:42] in this gallery under that beam that
[00:15:45] you see over there and this column, this column here
[00:15:49] was supporting the beam and he was stuck there with one of his
[00:15:52] upper right limbs stuck in there and the rest
[00:15:56] trapped under this rubble. The work that was done was to penetrate
[00:15:59] all the debris, the extraction of the
[00:16:03] rubble to open enough space. and extract our
[00:16:06] patient,
[00:16:08] well and in the midst of the chaos
[00:16:11] and destruction, a voice from under the rubble changed
[00:16:15] everything, observe the moment in which Brian, Osorio and
[00:16:19] six other civilians rescue a
[00:16:22] baby from among the rubble, let's see,
[00:16:26] watch out with that wall guys,
[00:16:29] paramedic,
[00:16:38] Brian Osorio heard
[00:16:42] that near his office, a
[00:16:46] building had collapsed, despite the danger,
[00:16:49] he decided to approach to look for survivors and among the
[00:16:53] rubble he heard a man ask for help, he asked
[00:16:56] him to shout louder to be able to locate him,
[00:17:00] but the man was not alone, he had a baby with him, Brian told
[00:17:04] CNN that he did not stop despite knowing that... that many
[00:17:08] things could go wrong, together with six other civilians they managed
[00:17:11] to rescue the baby and take him to the rescuers, there you see
[00:17:15] him on screen, and while Colombia continues to count
[00:17:19] the damages, the government announces economic aid for those affected
[00:17:23] by the earthquake, President Abelardo de la
[00:17:26] Espriella ordered relief in public services for 3
[00:17:29] months for the affected people in the department of
[00:17:32] Riarralda where the city of Pereira
[00:17:36] is located. Those who lost their homes
[00:17:40] will also receive support to pay for temporary
[00:17:43] rent, the government assures that the priority now is to respond
[00:17:47] to the affected families and later address the repair and
[00:17:50] reconstruction, well and the number of victims
[00:17:54] does not stop growing, there are already more than 200 dead,
[00:17:58] more than 70 aftershocks registered after Monday's
[00:18:01] earthquake, I'll talk about it with my first guest
[00:18:05] tonight. and I welcome
[00:18:13] Álvaro Gómez, he is the communications director
[00:18:16] of the Cali Fire Department.
[00:18:19] Álvaro, we saw images,
[00:18:22] I tell you, it makes
[00:18:25] my skin crawl to see the
[00:18:29] work they are doing and in the midst of
[00:18:32] so much destruction, so much sadness for the disaster
[00:18:36] we have seen. We see these things that fill us, of
[00:18:39] course, with optimism, tell me how those
[00:18:43] efforts are going, what have you done and well, how
[00:18:46] far have you gotten and will you get
[00:18:50] in the next few hours, in the
[00:18:52] next few days, go ahead, well, greetings
[00:18:55] to you, to all the audience, thank you for the
[00:18:59] space, thank you for having us here, as you well
[00:19:02] say, it has been days, well since yesterday we have been
[00:19:06] working for more than 24 hours, much more
[00:19:10] eh... hard work where our fire
[00:19:13] units have been in
[00:19:18] devastation of what our city, our beloved
[00:19:22] city of Cali, has been, eh we as firefighters, together
[00:19:25] with the other relief agencies, have been very compatible
[00:19:29] and united
[00:19:32] must be mentioned that the citizenship is very supportive
[00:19:36] if there is something we stand out for in Cali and in
[00:19:39] Colombia is that we are very supportive, we have been
[00:19:43] there at the emergency, attending to everything
[00:19:46] that our citizens have needed eh and well we continue
[00:19:50] to do so, we continue at this moment
[00:19:53] from our institution working for Cali, working at this moment for
[00:19:57] our city.
[00:20:01] Álvaro, I was talking this
[00:20:06] the organization. Topos Mexico, I imagine that at some
[00:20:09] point you have heard of them, they are some of the
[00:20:13] most experienced in this type of rescue
[00:20:16] work and they have well they have
[00:20:19] worked and cooperated in disasters around
[00:20:22] the world, I told him they were going to Colombia and he
[00:20:26] told me well, in Colombia there is a lot
[00:20:29] of experience and we are waiting for them to tell
[00:20:32] us, do you think you have the conditions to face the
[00:20:36] magnitude of this problem. or do you need more? We have
[00:20:39] here in Colombia and in Cali
[00:20:42] specialized search and rescue teams
[00:20:46] in Santiago de Cali we are eh
[00:20:50] reaccredited, a group called Usarcol
[00:20:53] 18, precisely the flag is here behind me
[00:20:56] and we have a specialized team
[00:20:59] that we have prepared and trained eh with
[00:21:03] all the capabilities we have to be able to
[00:21:06] deal with this type of emergencies, however
[00:21:10] it is also true that we have a
[00:21:13] devastation and therefore we have requested through
[00:21:16] the municipal risk management system of the Santiago de Cali
[00:21:20] mayor's office for help. personnel from other relief
[00:21:23] agencies, therefore we have here
[00:21:26] firefighters, not only Cali firefighters, we have Jumbo
[00:21:29] firefighters, Popayán firefighters, we have
[00:21:32] eh Bogotá and not only firefighters but other relief
[00:21:36] agencies such as Col 1, which is like the Colombian
[00:21:40] national search and rescue team, so although it is
[00:21:43] true that we have our units prepared and we have
[00:21:46] a reaccreditation eh from Col
[00:21:50] 18 from Usarcol 18 and we are
[00:21:53] prepared, of course, the more
[00:21:56] hands we have, the better because we really have
[00:21:59] a city that is eh quite affected by
[00:22:03] the earthquake, so these are the hands that have been
[00:22:07] helping us.
[00:22:10] One sees the images and the truth is that one
[00:22:14] does not stop being amazed,
[00:22:17] you have been there since minute zero
[00:22:21] in this situation, attending emergencies,
[00:22:24] being there on the ground, tell us, what is the
[00:22:28] situation like today and what could
[00:22:32] we expect in the next few hours,
[00:22:34] well, we went out into the streets of Santiago de Cali,
[00:22:38] what we see are collapsed structures,
[00:22:42] what we see are many
[00:22:45] affects eh of homes, of
[00:22:48] buildings, of commercial
[00:22:50] places. eh people under
[00:22:52] the rubble,
[00:22:55] places with more than 20
[00:22:58] affected, we see victims,
[00:23:01] we see people who well, are really having
[00:23:05] a bad time, but but also with this
[00:23:08] I want to highlight
[00:23:12] we see unity from the people of Cali,
[00:23:15] we see solidarity from the citizens to help,
[00:23:18] we see people
[00:23:20] who are with us. a word of encouragement, but bringing
[00:23:24] a plate of food, a sandwich, a drink, an item
[00:23:27] we need, a flashlight, kneepads, everything, so not
[00:23:31] only eh we have focused on seeing this
[00:23:35] part of the challenge that is big,
[00:23:38] but the solidarity of the citizenship, we have
[00:23:41] a solidary city, we have a united city, we have
[00:23:44] a city that helps each other, that we
[00:23:47] rejoice when we rescue a
[00:23:50] victim, they celebrate with us,
[00:23:56] heart, this is what we also want to
[00:23:59] highlight, not only the affects and the destruction, but
[00:24:03] also to thank Santiago de Cali for the support they have
[00:24:06] always given us as an institution and for the support
[00:24:10] they give to the victims,
[00:24:13] of course, I would like to ask you because we have
[00:24:16] also seen images that eh eh that
[00:24:20] have been. happening eh in the last
[00:24:23] hours, for example of buildings eh standing,
[00:24:26] but that in the course of hours collapse like
[00:24:30] sandcastles, really eh, they
[00:24:33] don't hold up, I wonder,
[00:24:36] do you have, as a
[00:24:40] fire department, evacuation plans, to
[00:24:43] tell people to get them out of what constitutes
[00:24:46] a danger, that's for one part, Álvaro. And
[00:24:50] on the other hand, and I repeat because I'm running
[00:24:53] out of time, and also where do you
[00:24:57] take these people, where are they
[00:25:00] sleeping outdoors, in parks, are there shelters,
[00:25:04] if these are enough, where are you taking
[00:25:07] them, tell me all that, ready, eh, well,
[00:25:11] we eh, the
[00:25:13] buildings, many have technical
[00:25:16] suspicions that are made and it is the responsibility
[00:25:20] of each administrator. to carry out this
[00:25:23] technical inspection process, so the technical inspection
[00:25:26] must have its safety system,
[00:25:29] also its evacuation plans, everything
[00:25:31] necessary, yes, not many have
[00:25:35] them, many structures do not have seismic resistance
[00:25:38] and that has possibly caused them to collapse,
[00:25:41] let's remember that there are many old structures,
[00:25:45] so that may have caused some of them
[00:25:48] to collapse, at the same time there are
[00:25:51] effects from the aftershocks that come after the
[00:25:54] earthquake itself, so eh, it may
[00:25:58] be after the earthquake and we have already had
[00:26:01] the situation that with some aftershock, however
[00:26:05] minimal, there may be some weakened structure and
[00:26:09] of course it will collapse at some point, people
[00:26:12] eh as I tell you, we have had eh a lot
[00:26:16] of support from people, but we have also been
[00:26:19] very united with other organizations and other entities
[00:26:23] at the municipal level and collection centers have
[00:26:26] been set up for food collection, for supplies
[00:26:30] collection, for whatever is needed eh we look
[00:26:33] for a way to make temporary shelters as well,
[00:26:37] so yes, the idea is that we are overcoming
[00:26:41] this calamity eh little by little eh we
[00:26:44] try to keep people well, keep
[00:26:47] them well, keep them eh welcomed
[00:26:51] and and as I say well, in the end we
[00:26:54] are all working in a lot of coordination with
[00:26:57] the different relief agencies of the different entities
[00:27:00] of the municipality so
[00:27:06] that these people do not have a bad time.
[00:27:09] Álvaro, thank you, thank you for the
[00:27:13] work you do and of course you often
[00:27:16] put your lives at risk. Álvaro, thank
[00:27:20] you, that was Álvaro Gómez, communications director
[00:27:24] of the Cali Fire Department, I'm going to have to take
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