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00:01:27but you are there, Álvaro,
00:02:22that we see solidarity,
00:03:06yes, they do it from the
00:03:40the territory with this
00:03:55also in company and it
00:04:28morning with members of
00:13:03We are CNN, the world leader in news.
00:13:21Hello, how are you, this is Rey Rodríguez. For
00:13:25my colleague Fernando del Rincón, host of this program,
00:13:29on behalf of Fernando del Rincón, I
00:13:32welcome you to this program
00:13:35Conclusiones, I'll go with the headlines, the
00:13:38death toll from the earthquake in Colombia
00:13:42rises tonight to more than 200 people according to CNN calculations
00:13:45with official data, but just as there
00:13:49are images of destruction and devastation, there are
00:13:52also scenes that call for optimism.
00:13:55like the rescue of people, even babies a few
00:13:59months old from under the rubble, as well as the
00:14:02solidarity of Colombians themselves, many of them
00:14:06abroad and the international
00:14:09community,
00:14:12and the former president of Honduras, Juan Orlando Hernández, faces a new
00:14:16judicial process, now in his country, the attorney general
00:14:20will join us in this program to talk about it,
00:14:24that's how it starts. Let's
00:14:38conclude and I ask you to join me from this moment on using
00:14:42the hashtag earthquake Colombia,
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00:15:25in a building in the city of Cali, but let's hear how the
00:15:29firefighters in Cali
00:15:31explain this rescue. We found a
00:15:34patient named
00:15:39Carlos, 34 years old, trapped here
00:15:42in this gallery under that beam that
00:15:45you see over there and this column, this column here
00:15:49was supporting the beam and he was stuck there with one of his
00:15:52upper right limbs stuck in there and the rest
00:15:56trapped under this rubble. The work that was done was to penetrate
00:15:59all the debris, the extraction of the
00:16:03rubble to open enough space. and extract our
00:16:06patient,
00:16:08well and in the midst of the chaos
00:16:11and destruction, a voice from under the rubble changed
00:16:15everything, observe the moment in which Brian, Osorio and
00:16:19six other civilians rescue a
00:16:22baby from among the rubble, let's see,
00:16:26watch out with that wall guys,
00:16:29paramedic,
00:16:38Brian Osorio heard
00:16:42that near his office, a
00:16:46building had collapsed, despite the danger,
00:16:49he decided to approach to look for survivors and among the
00:16:53rubble he heard a man ask for help, he asked
00:16:56him to shout louder to be able to locate him,
00:17:00but the man was not alone, he had a baby with him, Brian told
00:17:04CNN that he did not stop despite knowing that... that many
00:17:08things could go wrong, together with six other civilians they managed
00:17:11to rescue the baby and take him to the rescuers, there you see
00:17:15him on screen, and while Colombia continues to count
00:17:19the damages, the government announces economic aid for those affected
00:17:23by the earthquake, President Abelardo de la
00:17:26Espriella ordered relief in public services for 3
00:17:29months for the affected people in the department of
00:17:32Riarralda where the city of Pereira
00:17:36is located. Those who lost their homes
00:17:40will also receive support to pay for temporary
00:17:43rent, the government assures that the priority now is to respond
00:17:47to the affected families and later address the repair and
00:17:50reconstruction, well and the number of victims
00:17:54does not stop growing, there are already more than 200 dead,
00:17:58more than 70 aftershocks registered after Monday's
00:18:01earthquake, I'll talk about it with my first guest
00:18:05tonight. and I welcome
00:18:13Álvaro Gómez, he is the communications director
00:18:16of the Cali Fire Department.
00:18:19Álvaro, we saw images,
00:18:22I tell you, it makes
00:18:25my skin crawl to see the
00:18:29work they are doing and in the midst of
00:18:32so much destruction, so much sadness for the disaster
00:18:36we have seen. We see these things that fill us, of
00:18:39course, with optimism, tell me how those
00:18:43efforts are going, what have you done and well, how
00:18:46far have you gotten and will you get
00:18:50in the next few hours, in the
00:18:52next few days, go ahead, well, greetings
00:18:55to you, to all the audience, thank you for the
00:18:59space, thank you for having us here, as you well
00:19:02say, it has been days, well since yesterday we have been
00:19:06working for more than 24 hours, much more
00:19:10eh... hard work where our fire
00:19:13units have been in
00:19:18devastation of what our city, our beloved
00:19:22city of Cali, has been, eh we as firefighters, together
00:19:25with the other relief agencies, have been very compatible
00:19:29and united
00:19:32must be mentioned that the citizenship is very supportive
00:19:36if there is something we stand out for in Cali and in
00:19:39Colombia is that we are very supportive, we have been
00:19:43there at the emergency, attending to everything
00:19:46that our citizens have needed eh and well we continue
00:19:50to do so, we continue at this moment
00:19:53from our institution working for Cali, working at this moment for
00:19:57our city.
00:20:01Álvaro, I was talking this
00:20:06the organization. Topos Mexico, I imagine that at some
00:20:09point you have heard of them, they are some of the
00:20:13most experienced in this type of rescue
00:20:16work and they have well they have
00:20:19worked and cooperated in disasters around
00:20:22the world, I told him they were going to Colombia and he
00:20:26told me well, in Colombia there is a lot
00:20:29of experience and we are waiting for them to tell
00:20:32us, do you think you have the conditions to face the
00:20:36magnitude of this problem. or do you need more? We have
00:20:39here in Colombia and in Cali
00:20:42specialized search and rescue teams
00:20:46in Santiago de Cali we are eh
00:20:50reaccredited, a group called Usarcol
00:20:5318, precisely the flag is here behind me
00:20:56and we have a specialized team
00:20:59that we have prepared and trained eh with
00:21:03all the capabilities we have to be able to
00:21:06deal with this type of emergencies, however
00:21:10it is also true that we have a
00:21:13devastation and therefore we have requested through
00:21:16the municipal risk management system of the Santiago de Cali
00:21:20mayor's office for help. personnel from other relief
00:21:23agencies, therefore we have here
00:21:26firefighters, not only Cali firefighters, we have Jumbo
00:21:29firefighters, Popayán firefighters, we have
00:21:32eh Bogotá and not only firefighters but other relief
00:21:36agencies such as Col 1, which is like the Colombian
00:21:40national search and rescue team, so although it is
00:21:43true that we have our units prepared and we have
00:21:46a reaccreditation eh from Col
00:21:5018 from Usarcol 18 and we are
00:21:53prepared, of course, the more
00:21:56hands we have, the better because we really have
00:21:59a city that is eh quite affected by
00:22:03the earthquake, so these are the hands that have been
00:22:07helping us.
00:22:10One sees the images and the truth is that one
00:22:14does not stop being amazed,
00:22:17you have been there since minute zero
00:22:21in this situation, attending emergencies,
00:22:24being there on the ground, tell us, what is the
00:22:28situation like today and what could
00:22:32we expect in the next few hours,
00:22:34well, we went out into the streets of Santiago de Cali,
00:22:38what we see are collapsed structures,
00:22:42what we see are many
00:22:45affects eh of homes, of
00:22:48buildings, of commercial
00:22:50places. eh people under
00:22:52the rubble,
00:22:55places with more than 20
00:22:58affected, we see victims,
00:23:01we see people who well, are really having
00:23:05a bad time, but but also with this
00:23:08I want to highlight
00:23:12we see unity from the people of Cali,
00:23:15we see solidarity from the citizens to help,
00:23:18we see people
00:23:20who are with us. a word of encouragement, but bringing
00:23:24a plate of food, a sandwich, a drink, an item
00:23:27we need, a flashlight, kneepads, everything, so not
00:23:31only eh we have focused on seeing this
00:23:35part of the challenge that is big,
00:23:38but the solidarity of the citizenship, we have
00:23:41a solidary city, we have a united city, we have
00:23:44a city that helps each other, that we
00:23:47rejoice when we rescue a
00:23:50victim, they celebrate with us,
00:23:56heart, this is what we also want to
00:23:59highlight, not only the affects and the destruction, but
00:24:03also to thank Santiago de Cali for the support they have
00:24:06always given us as an institution and for the support
00:24:10they give to the victims,
00:24:13of course, I would like to ask you because we have
00:24:16also seen images that eh eh that
00:24:20have been. happening eh in the last
00:24:23hours, for example of buildings eh standing,
00:24:26but that in the course of hours collapse like
00:24:30sandcastles, really eh, they
00:24:33don't hold up, I wonder,
00:24:36do you have, as a
00:24:40fire department, evacuation plans, to
00:24:43tell people to get them out of what constitutes
00:24:46a danger, that's for one part, Álvaro. And
00:24:50on the other hand, and I repeat because I'm running
00:24:53out of time, and also where do you
00:24:57take these people, where are they
00:25:00sleeping outdoors, in parks, are there shelters,
00:25:04if these are enough, where are you taking
00:25:07them, tell me all that, ready, eh, well,
00:25:11we eh, the
00:25:13buildings, many have technical
00:25:16suspicions that are made and it is the responsibility
00:25:20of each administrator. to carry out this
00:25:23technical inspection process, so the technical inspection
00:25:26must have its safety system,
00:25:29also its evacuation plans, everything
00:25:31necessary, yes, not many have
00:25:35them, many structures do not have seismic resistance
00:25:38and that has possibly caused them to collapse,
00:25:41let's remember that there are many old structures,
00:25:45so that may have caused some of them
00:25:48to collapse, at the same time there are
00:25:51effects from the aftershocks that come after the
00:25:54earthquake itself, so eh, it may
00:25:58be after the earthquake and we have already had
00:26:01the situation that with some aftershock, however
00:26:05minimal, there may be some weakened structure and
00:26:09of course it will collapse at some point, people
00:26:12eh as I tell you, we have had eh a lot
00:26:16of support from people, but we have also been
00:26:19very united with other organizations and other entities
00:26:23at the municipal level and collection centers have
00:26:26been set up for food collection, for supplies
00:26:30collection, for whatever is needed eh we look
00:26:33for a way to make temporary shelters as well,
00:26:37so yes, the idea is that we are overcoming
00:26:41this calamity eh little by little eh we
00:26:44try to keep people well, keep
00:26:47them well, keep them eh welcomed
00:26:51and and as I say well, in the end we
00:26:54are all working in a lot of coordination with
00:26:57the different relief agencies of the different entities
00:27:00of the municipality so
00:27:06that these people do not have a bad time.
00:27:09Álvaro, thank you, thank you for the
00:27:13work you do and of course you often
00:27:16put your lives at risk. Álvaro, thank
00:27:20you, that was Álvaro Gómez, communications director
00:27:24of the Cali Fire Department, I'm going to have to take
00:27:26a break, but we'll be
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