Photos and videos detail the devastation Türkiye and Syria are experiencing after an earthquake killed more than 20,000 people.
Help keep family & friends informed by sharing this articleA Turkish father holds the hand of his 15-year-old daughter amongst wreckage caused by a devastating earthquake in Türkiye.She didn't make it out alive, but he refuses to let go.
Drone footage reveals the widespread damage the strong quake and its aftershocks caused, with buildings reduced to rubble as far as the eye can see. His daughter, Irmak, was dead. But he refused to let her go, caressing the fingers peeking out from a mattress the girl was asleep on when the first pre-dawn tremor struck on Monday.
It was too late for Irmak, one of nearly 20,000 people confirmed to have died in the most powerful earthquake to strike Türkiye and Syria in nearly a century.Reporting from Iskanderum, The ABC's Sean Rubinsztein-Dunlop says rescue crews are still searching the wreckage.
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