Video The moment of saving a 3-year-old girl after spending 24 hours in the ruins of the Turkey earthquake. Video
Turkish rescuers managed to pull a girl alive from under the rubble of a building destroyed by a strong earthquake that killed 35 people and injured hundreds in Elazig region, where the earthquake, measuring 6.8 on the Richter scale, occurred on Friday evening, and according to photos and videos quoted by Turkish media, Rescue teams managed to reach the 3-year-old girl, 24 hours after the earthquake.
مشهد مؤثر لطفلة (3 سنوات) عُثر عليها حية بعد 24 ساعة أسفل مبنى مدمر بسبب الزلزال الذي ضرب #تركيا وأدى لمصرع 29 شخصاً وإصابة 1200 آخرين#زلزال_تركيا #حول_العالم #فيديو #TurkeyEarthquake pic.twitter.com/RMOPwlVTgJ
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Rescue teams are racing against time to search for potential survivors under the rubble, and the Governmental Disaster and Emergency Management Authority (AFAD) confirmed that 45 people were rescued from under the rubble of collapsed buildings in Elazig, while Interior Minister Suleiman Soylu said earlier, that the number of those detained under the rubble An estimated 22 people.
It is noteworthy that the disaster management authorities in Turkey had said, on Sunday, that rescue teams, which were working all night, had pulled 45 people from under the rubble of collapsed buildings due to the strong earthquake that struck the east of the country, while the number of victims rose to 35.
The rescuers, who were working in sub-zero temperatures, used their hands and mechanical rigs to continue searching for survivors at three sites in Alazig province, where the 6.8 magnitude earthquake struck Friday evening.
The Turkish Disaster and Emergency Management Department said on Sunday that the earthquake, followed by more than 700 aftershocks, killed 31 people in Alazig and four in the neighboring Malatya province. More than 1,600 people were injured in the earthquake, and television stations broadcasted footage showing a 35-year-old woman and her baby girl being rescued from under the rubble in the Mustafa Pasha neighborhood of Alazig, about 550 kilometers east of the capital, Ankara.
Official media reported that it took the rescuers to reach them after hearing their screams for several hours, in temperatures reaching four below zero. The Disaster and Emergency Management Department said that search and rescue operations were still underway in three different locations in Alazig.
And it warned residents not to return to the damaged buildings, as they may collapse. She said that officials have determined that there are about 645 facilities that were severely damaged, in addition to the collapse of 76 buildings in the two regions.
Providing first aid to the Turkish child after she was rescued from the ruins of the earthquake
