Lena Baurak describes how her father and stepmother fled in terror when an earthquake hit Syria
A British-Syrian community leader has described how her 87-year-old father had to sleep in his car following last week's major earthquake.
Ms Baurak said: "When the earthquake happened, my dad and my stepmother woke up in terror and tried to rush outside of their apartment in fear that the whole building would collapse. Her father and stepmother spent the following night with relatives before returning to their home once they were sure it was safe.
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