She was changing her 18 day old baby’s diaper on the 8th floor when the building collapsed beneath them

"As long as he was alive, I was going to be alive," she said. Rescuers slid a straw through the debris to give the baby water. Her brother dug frantically. When they finally pulled them out, the baby had zero scratches! The family believes a Bible beneath protected them. A mother’s love that refused to quit in the darkest place imaginable. Watch, their story is nothing short of a miracle!

She was changing her 18 day old baby’s diaper on the 8th floor when the building collapsed beneath them. Buried alive in total darkness under tons of rubble, Dayana Patino kept her newborn son Juan David alive for over 30 HOURS by gently touching his tiny nose again and again,… pic.twitter.com/FaYXrx1XEG

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