Survivors found after spending more than 125 hours under rubble in Turkey

In the last hours of this Saturday, the rescue of survivors continued in various locations in southern Turkey and northern Syria.

Every minute that passes since the magnitude 7.8 earthquake that occurred last Monday shortens the hope of finding people alive among the rubble of the buildings that collapsed.

In a new balance of the authorities, more than 25,000 deaths are already counted. Time is not the only factor against it, also adverse weather conditions, with freezing weather, reduce the possibility of survivors.

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“Is the world still there?” Menekse Tabak, 70, asked as she was pulled out of the rubble in the Turkish city of Kahramanmaras, the epicenter of the quake, according to a video on state broadcaster TRT Haber.

In the city of Antakya, a two-month-old baby was rescued 128 hours after the earthquake, Anadolu Agency reported.

In addition, Turkish media reported that a two-year-old girl, a pregnant woman and a father with his four-year-old son were rescued five days after the quake.

The Haber Turk portal also announced that a 55-year-old man was rescued from the rubble of the Ebru apartment tower after being buried for 138 hours. Another of the survivors, but in Adiyaman, was a 17-year-old boy.

A 51-year-old man and his 17-year-old son were also rescued from a building in Kuyulu district 137 hours after the quake.

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Under a 5-story building, Sultan Al Muhammed, 54, was also found alive. Rescuers took 9 hours to be able to free him after detecting him.

dies after rescue

The rescued woman in Kirikhan, Turkeyby a team of German rescuers after more than 100 hours under the rubble after the strong earthquake on Monday, died on Saturday from his injuries, a German NGO reported.

“Zeynep died in the night. Yesterday (Friday), she had been rescued from the rubble of her collapsed house, more than 100 hours after the violent earthquake,” the NGO ISAR Germany tweeted.

“Our team is shocked and sad,” added the German NGO specialized in assisting victims of natural disasters.

This 40-year-old woman was immediately seen by doctors on Friday. The German team explained that, while she was buried, she had managed to supply her with water and fruit juices with a hose.

They maintained contact with her for several days thanks to a small well. “The rescue was very complicated because it was very narrow,” she said Friday to the AFP Stefan Heine, spokesman for the NGO, describing “inch by inch work with hammers”.

“The woman remained trapped for a long time, very close to deceased relatives,” he added.

The victim had managed to survive beyond 72 hours, a time limit that experts consider crucial to find survivors under the rubble. (YO)