Soccer players wife dies shielding daughter in Venezuela earthquake

Héctor Bello, a defender for second division side Marítimo de La Guaira, shared in an Instagram post that his wife, Andrea, died in the devastating double earthquakes in Venezuela on Wednesday.She died while shielding the couple’s one-year-old daughter, Alana, who survived and was rescued, Bello said.Andrea’s body was pulled from the rubble, according to The Sun.

“You’ll always be our favorite heroine, Mommy.I’ll make sure to remind our baby girl how wonderful you were and how much you loved her; I’ll tell her the story of how you saved her—how you gave your own life for our daughter,” Bello wrote in Spanish, including photos of their family.“I’ll tell her you were a brave woman who never abandoned her, even as you breathed your last.

But there is one thing I can’t forgive you for, Mommy: you left my soul shattered.You left me to fight this battle alone—a fight we always said was ours to face together.

“Do you remember sending me that photo? I told you, ‘That little girl is so beautiful,’ and you asked, ‘Me too, right?’ and started laughing.I told you, ‘Yes, you’re beautiful too, but not more than me—hahaha.’ We used to laugh on the phone, and the baby would always hang up the call—like when we’d use those filters and she’d get scared, saying, ‘Daddy, no like.’ Oh, my Andrea… Mommy, you’ve shattered my soul,” he wrote with crying and heartbreak emojis.“I’ll always remember you, Mommy—always.

Remember how I used to tell you that you’d be my woman for the rest of my life? You’d laugh, so in love, and your cheeks would turn red… Oh, Andrea… Mommy, I can’t handle this, my love—I really can’t,” Bello added.Bello directed a message to his daughter in another post telling her she needs to help him heal.“Oh, my daughter… Mommy needs you to be strong—just wait for me a little longer,” he wrote, including a snapshot of the smiling toddler.

“I need *you* to be the one to heal my he...