Hope held for hours, until the news arrived that no family wanted to receive 💔
Kevin Andrés Cadavid and Yazmín Montoya were with their young son, Damián, when the earthquake struck Cali and the Ariguaní building, where they were, ended up reduced to rubble.
Emergency teams worked intensely, searching for survivors, while their loved ones waited, hoping that Kevin, Yazmín, and Damián could make it out alive. But when they finally managed to reach them, they found all three dead and embracing. According to reports, the parents had tried to cover and protect little Damián with their bodies during the collapse.
The news hit especially hard those who had followed the rescue efforts hoping for a different outcome. It was no longer just a matter of three names among the earthquake victims, but of an entire family that remained together until the very last moment.
Kevin and Yazmín could not save themselves, but even amid the collapse they did what any parent would have tried to do: embrace their little one and protect him until the end 💔