Cheers and applause as security guard rescued from rubble
Emergency workers managed to free Hernán Gil more than 100 hours after they had first located him under 140 tonnes of rubble.
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Emergency workers managed to free Hernán Gil more than 100 hours after they had first located him under 140 tonnes of rubble.
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