Dancer Identifies Sister's Body Via Video After Venezuela Earthquake Kills Family

Liz experienced the tragedy over a video call. She was about to teach a class at the dance school where she has worked for 11 years when her best friend — an artist living in Turkey — called to report the catastrophic earthquake. 'Everyone showed up online except my immediate family.

And then, when I saw that everyone was answering and writing and I couldn't hear from mine and I called, called, called… I automatically knew, Liz says. From Los Angeles, the dancer contacted motorbike couriers in La Guaira to check on the building; she also called her aunt Maribel, who lost her car and house but still went to help with rescue efforts. Liz was shown her sister's corpse's hands over video to identify them.