Buddy beat the odds after surviving eight harrowing days buried beneath the rubble of his collapsed home following Venezuela's devastating June 24 earthquakes. His heartbroken owner had nearly given up hope until a faint bark led rescuers to the dust-covered pup, who was pulled to safety through a hole smashed in the concrete. Weak and badly dehydrated but otherwise unscathed, Buddy's miraculous rescue offered a rare bright spot amid the quake's destruction.