A search and rescue operation is still ongoing in Turkey after a series of powerful earthquakes that occurred on February 6th. Rescuers disassemble the rubble and find people. Impressive, but even after 65 hours without food and water, the victims are found alive.
A miracle happened in the Nurdagi region, in the province of Gaziantep. There, rescuers pulled a 61-year-old man out of the rubble, who had been trapped in a stone trap for 65 hours.
On the spot, he was examined by doctors and hospitalized at the Gaziantep University Hospital. 61-year-old Ahmet Kurt miraculously survived under the rubble.
The rescue was witnessed by the Minister of Environment, Urbanization and Climate Change Murat Kurum, who is in the disaster area. He thanked the rescuers for their work.
Curious! Another living person was pulled out of the rubble for 66 hours of searching in Malatya.
And on February 8, the network stirred up a photo of an eight-year-old boy who was miraculously rescued from the rubble. He was there for 52 hours. The child was smiling when the rescuers freed him. The boy waved to passers-by as he was carried to safety. When he was reunited with his mother, he began to cry.
The child was under the rubble for 52 hours/Photo by PAPEPA
Deadly quake in Turkey highlights
- A powerful quake shook southern Turkey as well as Syria on Monday 6 February. The element caused serious damage both in Turkey and in Syria. After that, earthquakes were recorded in Turkey several more times.
- Deputy director of the Institute of Geophysics of the National Academy of Sciences Alexander Kendzera said that Turkey knew what earthquakes could be. However, according to the seismologist, Turkey has not done enough work to make sure that the houses will be earthquake-resistant.
- As of 7 am on February 9, the death toll from the earthquake has risen to at least 15,865 people. The death toll in Turkey now stands at 12,873.
