A whole week passed under the rubble. And then salvation, when it seemed impossible until now. A 6-year-old girl has been rescued alive from the rubble of an apartment that collapsed after a severe earthquake in Turkey on Monday. Rescue work was carried out in Adıyaman, one of the centers most affected by the earthquake, with a population of approximately 180 thousand in the southeast of the country. The girl, who was under the rubble for 178 hours, was found by the rescue teams, who are now close to her sister. The news was reported by various Turkish media, including the Bnn network, which documented the facts with a video.
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At the 178th hour of the Turkey and Syria earthquake, a 6-year-old child named Miray was rescued from the rubble in Adıyaman.#Turkey #Turkey #Adiyaman #Miray pic.twitter.com/hVnZwdjK0n
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A 70-year-old woman, who had been under the rubble for more than a week, was rescued in the Antakya district of Hatay. Another little girl was rescued 122 hours after the earthquake. Other similar cases are reported by local newspapers these days.
Malcolm Russell, a member of Britain’s international search and rescue team, told Al Jazeera, “These stories are really great, we know that people can survive for an extraordinary amount of time.” According to Russel, who operates in Antakya, the creation of particularly favorable conditions for such long survival must be created, including the existence of an area that allows breathing and access to water.
balance sheet of the earthquake
Meanwhile, the balance of the earthquake is getting more serious with each passing hour. As a matter of fact, more than 37,500 people lost their lives in Syria and Turkey due to the earthquake. While the number of people who lost their lives especially in the south of Turkey increased to 31 thousand 643, there are more than 80 thousand injured in the country and 93 thousand people were evacuated. This was announced by AFAD, the organization dealing with emergency management in Turkey, while the World Health Organization (WHO) reported that at least 5,900 people died in Syria due to the earthquake. The largest number of victims were recorded in the northwest at the hands of the rebels.
Source: Today IT
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