India, June 30 -- Argentine footballer Lucas Trejo was training with his club in Caracas when the powerful twin earthquakes struck Venezuela last Wednesday. His home in the coastal state of La Guaira had crumbled by the time he got back, leaving him to search among the debris for his wife and two little children.

His brother-in-law, Ricardo Ardiles, told local media that "absolutely nothing" remained of the family's home after the earthquakes devastated the region.

Trejo, who plays for Club Sport Maritimo of La Guaira, spent three days searching alongside rescue workers before the bodies of his wife, Yanina, and children, Aaron and Ainhoa, were recovered.

The Guardian has reported that the disaster has claimed at least 1,719 lives sinc...