"To me, they were like my children": the duel of a teacher who lost more than 200 students in the double earthquake in Venezuela

Madeleine Cova is a high school teacher who cries the students who lost in the earthquakes that shook northern Venezuela on June 24. "I have a vacuum left, it's like I'm missing a part of my body."

Published on RocksNews: 21 Sept 2026, 11:26 UTC
Updated: 21 Sept 2026, 11:28 UTC
Language: English (Original language: Spanish)

"To me, they were like my children": the duel of a teacher who lost more than 200 students in the double earthquake in Venezuela — Image credit: BBC News Mundo

Madeleine Cova is a high school teacher who cries the students who lost in the earthquakes that shook northern Venezuela on June 24. "I have a vacuum left, it's like I'm missing a part of my body."