02:57Rescue efforts were launched in Beirut on Wednesday, after a sniffer dog belonging to a Chilean search and rescue team detected something and ran towards a collapsed building, signaling a possible heartbeat under the rubble.
The team of rescue workers can be seen climbing and looking through the rubble. The Chilean team used a scanning machine which detected a pulse and breathing.
Activist and rescuer Nicolas Saadeh explained, "The dog signaled that someone was at the top, and the machines made a vibration and could hear the heartbeat or if someone breathed."
A member of the Lebanese Civil Defense added, "We say 99 percent there is nothing, but because of this one remaining percent we are compelled to stay here."
Lebanon: Chilean rescue dog helps detect pulse under rubble a month after Beirut blasts
Rescue efforts were launched in Beirut on Wednesday, after a sniffer dog belonging to a Chilean search and rescue team detected something and ran towards a collapsed building, signaling a possible heartbeat under the rubble.
The team of rescue workers can be seen climbing and looking through the rubble. The Chilean team used a scanning machine which detected a pulse and breathing.
Activist and rescuer Nicolas Saadeh explained, "The dog signaled that someone was at the top, and the machines made a vibration and could hear the heartbeat or if someone breathed."
A member of the Lebanese Civil Defense added, "We say 99 percent there is nothing, but because of this one remaining percent we are compelled to stay here."
Rescue efforts were launched in Beirut on Wednesday, after a sniffer dog belonging to a Chilean search and rescue team detected something and ran towards a collapsed building, signaling a possible heartbeat under the rubble.
The team of rescue workers can be seen climbing and looking through the rubble. The Chilean team used a scanning machine which detected a pulse and breathing.
Activist and rescuer Nicolas Saadeh explained, "The dog signaled that someone was at the top, and the machines made a vibration and could hear the heartbeat or if someone breathed."
A member of the Lebanese Civil Defense added, "We say 99 percent there is nothing, but because of this one remaining percent we are compelled to stay here."