# Race to reach trapped survivor offers hope in Colombia quake zone

https://mins.news/en/item/22235

- Reuters, 2026-08-14 14:30 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.reuters.com/business/environment/race-reach-trapped-survivor-offers-hope-colombia-quake-zone-2026-08-14/?link_source=ta_bluesky_link&taid=6a7f26a0325a7500012aa4f0

> Colombian rescuers raced on Friday to free a man found alive beneath a collapsed hotel, offering a rare sign of hope nearly four days after one of the strongest earthquakes to hit the Andean country in decades reduced neighborhoods to rubble and left hundreds dead or missing.

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