Rescuers in Turkey have pulled a 20-day-old baby from the rubble alive.
It is not known whether any of his family members survived the disaster fell close to freezing overnight, hampering the rescue efforts and worsening conditions for those yet to be rescuedOn top of the challenging weather, rescuers are digging through rubble amid power cuts and key roads left unusable roads after being buckled by the tremors.
Across Hatay province, just southwest of the earthquake’s epicentre in Gaziantep, officials say as many as 1,500 buildings were destroyed and many people reported relatives being trapped under the rubble with no aid or rescue teams arriving. Nurgul Atay said she could hear her mother’s voice beneath the rubble of a collapsed building in the city of Antakya, the capital of Hatay.
But without the help of a rescue crew or heavy equipment, their efforts to save her have been futile.To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that‘We’re devastated, we’re devastated. My God … They’re calling out. They’re saying, “Save us”, but we can’t save them.Get in touch with our news team by emailing us at
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