Teen survivor recounts Venezuela earthquake horror

17-year-old Maria Alejandra Sanz was rehearsing a dance for her high school graduation when two earthquakes struck Venezuela on June 24th. She had gone upstairs to get water for a friend when her building in La Guaira began to shake. It started shaking really hard. I stood in the doorframe. It lasted seven seconds or less, just a short time, and suddenly I was like this. The ceiling split in half near the window and I fell down and everything went dark. Sanz miraculously survived but was trapped in near darkness for 17 hours where she drank her own urine to survive. Of her group of 10 friends, four died. It's so hard because it was so unexpected and we were just talking about how we wouldn't see each other anymore after graduation. We were talking about how Gonzalo looked like his dad, that when he got older he'd have gray hair and all that. And now they'll stay young forever, always young. I love them so much and at least they didn't suffer too much. More than a week after the quakes, rescue and recovery work was still underway in Caravallera, where volunteers and heavy machinery were clearing rubble from destroyed buildings. Families said they were still trying to free loved ones trapped beneath the concrete, including the son of Angelica Mora. She said it had been 16 days and there hadn't been any help at all to get him out from there. What she wants the most is to get him out to give him rest. Venezuela's National Assembly President Jorge Rodríguez said Saturday the death toll had risen to more than 4,000, with nearly 17,000 injured and more than 6,000 people rescued. 17,000 people have been left homeless and Rodríguez said acting president Delcy Rodríguez will begin allocating the first 200 homes to those affected next week. The government estimates 25,000 homes are needed.