Residents on Tuesday search through the rubble of a building that collapsed in the June 24 earthquakes in La Guaira, Venezuela. Ariana Cubillos/AP hide caption toggle caption Ariana Cubillos/AP It's been a week since Venezuela's worst earthquake disaster in over a century.
In Venezuela, silence has become a rescue tool In Venezuela rescue crews now stop almost everything and ask for silence so they can hear anyone still alive underneath the rubble. NPR's Eyder Peralta reports from the port city of La Guaira.
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