Bonded by Ronaldo: How football talk kept Venezuelan man alive

By CNN

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CNN's Isa Soares speaks with a Portuguese rescuer who says talk of Cristiano Ronaldo helped forge a connection with a Venezuelan security guard trapped for eight days beneath earthquake rubble in La Guaira, as international crews worked to keep him alive and pull him free.

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