Los Angeles Dodgers veteran Miguel Rojas is speaking out after a pair of devastating earthquakes struck Venezuela, Rojas’ home country.
As reported by Bill Plunkett of the Orange County Register, Rojas’ wife and children are in the South American country “near where the earthquake struck.”
“They are okay and he has been in daily contact with them,” Plunkett added.
Rojas hails from Los Teques, a city that’s toward the eastern side of the area affected by the back-to-back earthquakes.
Two other Dodgers, Brusdar Graterol and Edgardo Henriquez, are also Venezuelan, though their hometowns are outside of the most affected areas.
“They’re all safe,” Plunkett reports.
What are the Dodgers doing to support Venezuela?
On Friday night, both the Dodgers and their opponents, the San Diego Padres, will wear hats embroidered with the letters “VZ” in honor of the victims.
Rojas and Graterol have also taken to social media.
On Thursday and Friday, Rojas posted Instagram stories with images of the VZ insignia on players’ hats, as well as pictures supporting his country in a trying time.
“Where we’re from is the only thing we have on our mind right now,” he wrote alongside a short video of a waving Venezuelan flag at Petco Park.
Graterol posted a photo of the devastation alongside a darkened Venezuelan flag and a broken heart emoji.
What happened in Venezuela?
On Wednesday, back-to-back earthquakes registering 7.2 and 7.5 magnitude struck Venezuela, killing at least 920 people.
In addition, 51,000 people remain missing and many more have been displaced from their homes.
Help from around the world is headed to the South American country as rescuers seek to free those trapped in debris.
“Each person saved is a miracle,” said Jorge Rodríguez, the president of the country’s National Assembly, as reported by the Associated Press. “We are not going to hide absolutely anything about the magnitude of this tragedy.”
