“Since the earthquake I haven’t eaten food, how can I if my 7 children are hungry and are underground?”: The drama of a Syrian mother who prays while waiting for rescue efforts

With a rosary in her hands, Oum Ibrahim prays and walks, troubled, from one side to another among the great devastation caused by the earthquake of magnitude 7.7 that destroyed towns of Turkey and Syriaclaiming in three long days the figure of more than 20 thousand lives.

Oum, she is 56 years old, and those close to her try to comfort her. The powerful earthquake caused the building where she lived to fall and her 7 children were trapped in the jumble of blocks.

The woman, says the AFP agency, wipes her eyes with a handkerchief. She at the same time opens her heart and exposes her pain to the world.

“I hope the rescuers will get my children buried underground (sic). They are seven. I trust in God,” she expresses.

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when the earthquake shook the city of Aleppoin Syria, early Monday morning, Oum looked for ways to get to the area quickly.

“Since then I have not drunk or eaten anything. How could I if my children are hungry underground?”, he wonders through tears.

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The earthquake is more difficult than the war in Syria

Rescue groups speed up work in Bustan al-Qasr. The pressure hits, and the cold and time are pressing.

Near where Oum Ibrahim is a watchman, Oum Mohammad is seen, who covers himself from the cold with a woolen scarf that he wears on his shoulders. She is also anxiously waiting to find out if her sister and her four children are still alive.

He regrets that they couldn’t get out. He did not give them time, he told the press.

For Oum Mohammad, “the earthquake is more difficult than the war. During the war the projectile falls and it’s over. But now, we don’t know anything (…)”.

Mahmoud Ali also despairs with the passing of the hours. He breathes and entrusts himself to a miracle. “My family did not have time to leave the property. They are under the rubble, ”he assures.

“I heard their phones ring when I called themand then nothing, they probably don’t have a battery anymore (…)”, he pointed out to the international media.

I hope they hold until the bulldozer arrives.

the pain increases

The media report from Aleppo, a city devastated by years of war, that distraught residents rush to bury their dead.

In their farewell prayers to their deceased, they do not forget to ask that they can continue to find injured people under the rubble.

By the first hour of the afternoon of this Thursday, February 9, the number of deaths exceeded 20,000. The tragic balance of devastating earthquake Unfortunately, it continues to rise neither in Turkey nor in Syria. (YO)

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