Couple survive more than 12 days under rubble after Turkish earthquake
A couple and their son were pulled alive from under a collapsed apartment building more than 12 days after a 7.8 magnitude earthquake ravaged parts of Turkey and Syria, although the child later died at a hospital, Turkish state media reported.
They were removed at about 11.30am local time, or 296 hours after the February 6 quake, and quickly transferred to ambulances. TV footage showing medics fixing an IV drip to the man’s arm as he lay on a stretcher. During a visit to Antakya, the capital of Hatay province, Turkish Health Minister Fahrettin Koca said the father was conscious and being treated at Mustafa Kemal University Hospital.
He also told Dr Oz that his children responded to his voice for the first two or three days but he heard nothing from after that.Hatay province, where Antakya is located, was one of areas hit hardest by the earthquake, which killed more than 45,000 people in Turkey and Syria. The toll is expected to climb further.
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