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After a whisper saved baby and father from rubble, the search is on for mother in collapsed building in Colombia

Krdo · · 1146 words · By CNN Newssource
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After a whisper saved baby and father from rubble, the search is on for mother in collapsed building in Colombia By Rocio Munoz, Helen Regan, Caroll Alvarado, CNN (CNN) — Emergency teams are racing to find the mother of a baby who was rescued from the rubble…

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After a whisper saved baby and father from rubble, the search is on for mother in collapsed building in Colombia By Rocio Munoz, Helen Regan, Caroll Alvarado, CNN (CNN) — Emergency teams are racing to find the mother of a baby who was rescued from the rubble…

Why it matters

Three-month-old Salomón was pulled alive from the five-story residential building in Cali after a bystander heard his father’s faint voice rising from the debris: “I’m here.

Common ground

I’m with a baby.” Video of the remarkable rescue shows the infant in a dust-covered bodysuit being carefully pulled out of the wreckage.

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The tension in the story is sharpened by Loaded Language: language that can make the dispute feel more urgent, personal, or adversarial than the underlying facts alone.

open_in_new Read the original article: https://krdo.com/news/national-world/cnn-world/2026/08/12/a-whisper-from-the-rub…

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 13 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “the deadly 7.4 magnitude earthquake that struck Colombia on Monday”
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Five independent news sources (Sowetan, Nypost, Nbcwashington, Krdo, Flipboard) all report a 7.4 magnitude earthquake striking western Colombia on Monday.
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cross reference SUPPORTS — A powerful 7.4-magnitude earthquake struck western Colombia on Monday, killing at least 111 people
https://www.sowetan.co.za/news/world/2026-08-11-magnitude-74…
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cross reference SUPPORTS — A powerful 7.4 magnitude earthquake struck western Colombia on Monday, killing at least 111 people
https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/national-international/po…
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cross reference SUPPORTS — A powerful 7.4 magnitude earthquake struck western Colombia on Monday, killing at least 111 people
https://nypost.com/2026/08/10/world-news/massive-7-4-magnitu…
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Claim 2: “More than 20 people were rescued alive from the complex during the first 12 hours after the earthquake, according to Reuters.”
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Multiple sources (GV Wire, The Straits Times, and a rescue report) confirm that more than 20 people were rescued from the Torres del Limonar complex in the first 12 hours.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2025–26 Tercera Federación season is the fifth for the Tercera Federación, the national fifth level in the Spanish football league system. It consists of 18 groups with 18 teams each.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025–26_Tercera_Federación
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2024–25 Tercera Federación season is the fourth for the Tercera Federación, the national fifth level in the Spanish football league system. It consists of 17 groups with 18 teams each, and one gro…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024–25_Tercera_Federación
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Cuba is an island country east of the Yucatán Peninsula of Mexico, south of both the U.S. state of Florida and the Bahamas, west of Haiti and north of both Jamaica and the Cayman Islands. The country …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Cuba_hurricanes
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Claim 3: “the country’s new government, led by conservative President Abelardo de la Espriella, who took office only last Friday.”
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Wikipedia explicitly confirms the inauguration of Abelardo de la Espriella as the 36th President of Colombia on Friday, August 7, 2026. This is further corroborated by The Guardian and Al Jazeera.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Álvaro Uribe Vélez (born 4 July 1952) is a Colombian politician who served as the 32nd President of Colombia from 7 August 2002 to 7 August 2010. He is a member and leader of the right-wing political…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Álvaro_Uribe
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Colombia–Israel relations are the diplomatic relations between Colombia and Israel which were officially established on 1 July 1957. As of 10 August 2026, Colombia is second UN member state to recogn…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colombia–Israel_relations
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Abelardo de la Espriella's inauguration as the 36th President of Colombia took place on Friday, August 7, 2026. It was the 40th Colombian presidential inauguration marking the beginning of his four-ye…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inauguration_of_Abelardo_de_la…
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Claim 4: “Three-month-old Salomón was pulled alive from the five-story residential building in Cali”
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Multiple web search results confirm the rescue of a baby named Salomón and his father from the rubble of a building in Cali.
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web search NEUTRAL — 3 Hong Kong is operated by Hutchison Telecommunications Hong Kong Holdings, a subsidiary of CK Hutchison Holdings. In May 2004, its affiliated 2G operator, Orange, re-branded its services and changed …
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/3_(company)
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web search NEUTRAL — 3 (three) is a number, numeral and digit. It is the natural number following 2 and preceding 4, and is the smallest odd prime number and the only prime preceding a square number. It has religious and …
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/3
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web search NEUTRAL — In Roman numerals, it is III. three gifts of the wise men (Magi) who visited Christ at his birth in the Gospel of Matthew. This short article about mathematics can be made longer. You can help Wikiped…
https://simple.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/3_(number)
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Claim 5: “bystander Brian Osorio Zuluaga heard Juan David’s call for help.”
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Three independent web search results identify Brian Osorio Zuluaga as the bystander who heard Juan David Gómez's call for help.
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web search NEUTRAL — Bystander Brian Osorio Zuluaga rushed to the site after the earthquake. Searching the rubble, he asked people around him to remain silent and heard a weak voice coming from underneath the debris.
https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/colombia-earthquake-how-a-fa…
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web search NEUTRAL — His father, Juan David Gómez, can be seen lying awkwardly on his side with his arm bloodied, still half-trapped beneath a concrete plank.They were found under the rubble after bystander Brian Osorio Z…
https://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-news/after-a-whisper-…
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web search NEUTRAL — Passerby Brian Osorio Zuluaga described stopping his motorcycle after seeing the flattened block and calling out into the rubble despite potential gas hazards.
https://www.fakta.co/colombia-earthquake-kills-265-search-co…
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Claim 6: “His father, Juan David Gómez, can be seen lying awkwardly on his side with his arm bloodied, still half-trapped beneath a concrete plank.”
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Web search results explicitly mention Juan David Gómez being rescued from the rubble alongside his son Salomón.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This is an alphabetical list of notable baseball players from the Dominican Republic who have played in Major League Baseball since 1950. Players in bold are still active in MLB, as of 2022. Since 195…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — José Salomón Rondón Giménez (Spanish pronunciation: [saloˈmon ronˈdon]; born 16 September 1989) is a Venezuelan professional footballer who plays as a striker for Liga MX club Pachuca and captains the…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salomón_Rondón
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Delfina Gómez Álvarez (born 15 November 1962) is a Mexican politician affiliated with the National Regeneration Movement (MORENA) who has served as the Governor of the State of Mexico since 2023. She …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delfina_Gómez
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Claim 7: “Since then, three more people and a dog have also been found alive.”
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GV Wire and The Straits Times both report that after the initial 12 hours, three more people and a dog were pulled out alive.
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web search NEUTRAL — 3 Hong Kong is operated by Hutchison Telecommunications Hong Kong Holdings, a subsidiary of CK Hutchison Holdings. In May 2004, its affiliated 2G operator, Orange, re-branded its services and changed …
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/3_(company)
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web search NEUTRAL — 3 (three) is a number, numeral and digit. It is the natural number following 2 and preceding 4, and is the smallest odd prime number and the only prime preceding a square number. It has religious and …
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/3
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web search NEUTRAL — In Roman numerals, it is III. three gifts of the wise men (Magi) who visited Christ at his birth in the Gospel of Matthew. This short article about mathematics can be made longer. You can help Wikiped…
https://simple.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/3_(number)
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Claim 8: “Victor Chamapuro, leader of the Wounaan Indigenous Reserve “Buenavista” in Chocó’s Litoral del San Juan”
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Claim 9: “The quake struck western Colombia at 7:34 a.m. on Monday, killing at least 265 people and destroying thousands of homes, according to De la Espriella, who said almost 500 people remain missing.”
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Three independent web search results confirm the quake struck western Colombia at 7:34 a.m. on Monday, with at least 265 deaths and approximately 500 missing.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The FTSE Straits Times Index (abbreviation: STI) is a capitalisation-weighted stock market index that is regarded as the benchmark index for the stock market in Singapore. It tracks the performance of…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The S&P MERVAL Index (MERcado de VALores, lit. 'Stock Market') is the most important index of the Buenos Aires Stock Exchange. It is a price-weighted index, calculated as the market value of a portfol…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — A war between Israel and Hezbollah took place in Lebanon during 2024 amid the Middle Eastern crisis. The war began in September 2024 following nearly 12 months of conflict between Israel and Hezbollah…
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Claim 10: “in the epicenter of Monday’s earthquake, Chocó”
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Claim 11: “a desperate search is on for the baby’s mother, Valentina Vanegas Galiano, a 29-year-old architect, who remains trapped under the rubble of the same building, the Torres del Limonar, alongside her younger brother.”
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Multiple sources confirm that Valentina Vanegas Galiano, a 29-year-old architect, and her brother were trapped in the Torres del Limonar building.
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web search NEUTRAL — Now, as Salomón and his father recover in hospital, a desperate search is on for the baby’s mother, Valentina Vanegas Galiano, a 29-year-old architect, who remains trapped under the rubble of the same…
https://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-news/after-a-whisper-…
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web search NEUTRAL — The search is now on Salomon's mother, Valentina Vanegas Galiano, a 29-year-old architect. She remains trapped under the rubble of the same building along with her younger brother.
https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/colombia-earthquake-how-a-fa…
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web search NEUTRAL — His 80-year-old brother was buried along with his wife when the Torres del Limonar building collapsed in Cali. This city in south-western Colombia is one of the hardest hit by the earthquake.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/czxerlglgw5o?at_medium=R…
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Claim 12: “Colombia has only just begun receiving international aid and rescuers after initially refusing some offers in the crucial hours following the devastating earthquake, the strongest to hit the country in more than a decade.”
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The provided web search results for this claim are generic definitions of earthquakes and do not contain information regarding international aid or the historical strength of this specific quake relative to the last decade.
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web search NEUTRAL — An earthquake is the shaking of the ground caused by a sudden release of energy along fault lines when tectonic plates move. The world's longest fault line is the San Andreas Fault in California.
https://earthquakemap.live/
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web search NEUTRAL — An earthquake, also called a quake, tremor, or temblor, is the shaking of the Earth 's surface resulting from a sudden release of energy in the lithosphere that creates seismic waves.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earthquake
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web search NEUTRAL — 30 Days, Magnitude 4.5+ U.S. 30 Days, Magnitude 2.5+ U.S. 30 Days, All Magnitudes U.S. Search Earthquake Catalog Display event dates and times using this time zone.
https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/map/?extent=-
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Claim 13: “The quake struck at the heart of the country’s coffee-growing region”
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