Mum rescued from Venezuela rubble with newborn baby tells BBC how he helped her survive

What happened

The "miracle" rescue of 18-day-old baby Juan David is a symbol of hope in Venezuela after the devastating earthquakes

The impact

The significance lies in what happens next: BBC notes that responses are already forming.

The mum backdrop

The arc leading to this moment stretches across multiple prior developments in mum, rescued, venezuela, rubble, newborn, as BBC has documented.

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Our mum read

Signal Ledger reads this through the lens of mum, rescued, venezuela, rubble, newborn: The "miracle" rescue of 18-day-old baby Juan David is a symbol of hope in Venezuela after the devastating earthquakes.