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Turkey rescuers find three people 13 days after quake

February 18, 2023 / 1:37 PM
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Sharjah24 - AFP: Thirteen days after a devastating earthquake that claimed tens of thousands of lives, Turkish rescuers on Saturday retrieved three survivors, including a kid, from the wreckage; however, one of them later passed away, according to local media.
The channel did not provide any further details.

A journalist for Turkish television channel NTV later reported that one of those found had died after being taken to hospital.

NTV broadcast images of rescuers placing the rescued people onto stretchers after they had spent 296 hours trapped in the rubble.

A 7.8-magnitude tremor on February 6 rocked southeastern Turkey and Syria, killing more than 43,000 people and leaving millions without proper shelter.

Teams have been finding survivors all week despite them being stuck for so long under the rubble in freezing weather, but their numbers have dropped to just a handful in the past few days.

Turkish rescuers on Friday pulled a 45-year-old man from rubble, several hours after others discovered three people including a 14-year-old boy alive under debris.
February 18, 2023 / 1:37 PM

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