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Rescuers search collapsed hospitals for patients trapped by Colombia quake

CALI, Colombia — The four Jaramillo sisters arrived at the hospital at 7 a.m. Tuesday in hopes of seeing their father again.

Héctor Jaramillo, 56, was recovering from a tracheostomy at Del Valle University Hospital on Monday when a six-story wing collapsed in the 7.4-magnitude earthquake here. Five people, including a child, were rescued alive from the rubble, a hospital official said. But as of Tuesday evening, there was no sign of Jaramillo.

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