More than a week after the severe earthquakes that hit Turkey, a 10-year-old girl was pulled alive from the rubble. He managed to survive for more than 183 hours in a collapsed building in the southern province of Kahramanmaraş, Turkish media reported.
Successful rescues like this are becoming increasingly rare. The international rescue operation in Syria and Turkey is coming to an end because the victims’ chances of survival are now very slim. The combined death toll of the two countries is now more than 37,000.
At least 80,000 people were rescued from collapsed buildings in the disaster area in Turkey. This was reported by the national civil protection agency AFAD in an update on the rescue operation. Thousands of international teams, at least one from the Netherlands, are contributing to the massive operation. Turkey is talking about more than 200,000 rescuers.
Insecurity in Syria
Detailed statistics for Turkey are in stark contrast to the scarce information from the Syrian disaster area. There are photos and videos of successful recoveries, but no general information on the number of recoveries.
Much of the disaster area in northern Syria is not under the control of the Syrian regime. Residents often manually search for survivors. There are also charities such as the White Helmets, which scour the wreckage.
As in Turkey, there are hopeful stories of the children rescued in Syria. For example, baby Aya, who was pulled from the rubble last week, is in good health compared to the hospital.
The baby is believed to have been born under the rubble. The girl was still connected by the umbilical cord to her mother, who did not survive the disaster:
A doctor told the AP reporter that Aya is currently breastfed by the wife of the hospital director. He is expected to be discharged from the hospital tomorrow or the next day. Later, an aunt will take care of Aya.
Dutch rescue team USAR managed to rescue a total of 12 people in Turkey. “We have never saved so many people in an earthquake,” team leader Job Kramer said late last night on NPO Radio 1 at Met het Oog op Morgen. difficult. “You can see that the chances of surviving in this cold drop very quickly afterward.”
Source: NOS
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