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Ecuador Miracle

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Two weeks after that 7.8 Earthquake devastated many towns and villages throughout Ecuador, a 72-year old man was rescued from beneath the rubble of a collapsed building.

Inspectors who came to the building to check for structural damage heard some faint whimpers from beneath the ruins. That's when a Venezuelan rescue team was called in to pull Manuel Vasquez from the rubble.

Disoriented and dehydrated, the man from Manabi province was taken immediately to the hospital. Vasquez suffered some kidney damage and he lost some toes, but doctors expect him to survive.

The death toll from the April 16 quake has now reached at least 660. And now more than two weeks later, many survivors are still enduring primitive conditions.

CBN Humanitarian and Disaster Relief was on location throughout Ecuador within hours of the earthquake. Our teams are still there, bringing relief to the people.

Watch this on-location update from CBN News Latin America reporter Javier Bolanos to see how CBN is helping many of the people still without electricity in the coastal city of Manta.

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Gary Lane
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Lane

Mr. Lane currently serves as International News Director and Senior International Correspondent for CBN News. He has traveled to more than 120 countries—many of them restricted nations or areas hostile to Christianity and other minority faiths where he has interviewed persecution victims and has provided video reports and analysis for CBN News. Also, he has provided written stories and has served as a consultant for the Voice of the Martyrs. Gary joined The Christian Broadcasting Network in 1984 as the first full-time Middle East Correspondent for CBN News. Based in Jerusalem, Gary produced