In Turkey, aftershocks destroyed thousands of houses and claimed the lives of many people. However, at the same time, rescuers managed to save a large number of people. Among them is a child who was only 10 days old.
As of the morning of February 10, it is known about more than 21 thousand people whose lives were claimed by earthquakes in Turkey and Syria. However, Western publications also stated that Turkish rescuers pulled a child from under the rubble along with his mother. That is, the rescue operation continues.
Baby Rescue
Note that this incident occurred in the province of Hatay in southern Turkey. It is known that a mother with a 10-day-old baby stayed under the rubble in the cold for more than 90 hours. However, doctors are already providing him and the child with the necessary medical care.
A 10-day-old boy named Yagiz spent almost half of his life stuck under concrete slabs before being pulled out from the ruins of the southern Turkish province of Hatay, – wrote in the Daily Mail.
Saving a ten-day-old boy in Turkey/Photo by Anadolu Agency
Turkish rescuers took out -under the rubble of a 10-day-old boy /Photo by Anadolu Agency
Earthquakes in Turkey and Syria: latest news
- The story of this ten-day-old boy, who was pulled out from under the ruins of a collapsed house, is far from the first . Actually, it recently became known that in the province of Iskenderun, rescuers found a living Ukrainian woman and his 4-year-old son under the rubble.
- At the same time, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan visited the province of Hatay, which suffered the most from tremors of the earth's surface . He also acknowledged the mistakes made by the authorities during the response to the tragedy, but found an explanation for them. According to him, the rescuers could not arrive at the scene in time due to the weather.
- In addition, the seismologist and deputy director of the Institute of Geophysics of the National Academy of Sciences Alexander Kendzera answered that this natural disaster could have been predicted and fatal consequences could have been avoided. He noted that, unfortunately, this would not have been possible under any circumstances.
What to do in the event of an earthquake/Channel 24 Picture
