The woman and her child, who were under the rubble of the collapsed building in the Akevler district of Hatay, were rescued after 70 hours. the site writes this Anatolia. Deputy Mayor of Yalova, Mustafa Tutuk, also participated in the research and shared his feelings on his social media account, saying, “This is a miracle. How to explain these feelings, after the voices from under the rubble, we immediately headed there with our team and, fortunately, we got them out.”
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Turkish civil defense organization AFAD announced that 28,044 earthquake victims were evacuated from the regions affected by the 7.7 magnitude earthquake recorded in the first light of the morning on 6 February in southeastern Turkey. Afad stated that the earthquake victims and injured were evacuated from the affected area by land and air. The death toll in Turkey and Syria has exceeded 15,000.
How long can a person survive under the rubble?
Although the 72-hour threshold has been exceeded since the first major shock of the devastating 7.8 magnitude earthquake on 6 February at 04:17 (02:17 Italy time), the search for life continues in Turkey and Syria: the conventional time threshold considered useful for finding people still alive . According to natural disaster expert Ilan Kelman of University College London, 90% of survivors are rescued during this time period, although there are exceptions.
As in Gaziantep last night, freezing temperatures dropped to 5 degrees below zero, making it even more difficult to survive. Miracles are always possible: “There are different situations where there are truly miraculous lifesavers and people who survive horrific conditions,” explains Christopher Colwell, MD, an emergency medicine specialist at the University of California, San Francisco, even 72 hours later. , quoting Guardian. “Usually these are young people who are lucky enough to dig a niche in the rubble or have access to breathable air and water,” he adds.
There have been several exceptional cases in the past in Japan, such as an 80-year-old woman found alive 9 days later in a house that collapsed in 2011, or a 16-year-old girl still alive 15 days later. Port-au-Prince debris in Haiti after the devastating 2010 earthquake.
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