The Hellenic Mission has been actively participating in search and rescue operations since the early hours of February 7, 2023. Hatay Provincenorth of the city of Antioch in Turkey.

In the course of activity and up to the present have been released:

• 50 year old man
• minor girl 9 years old and
• underage girl 7 years old, and
• an underage girl was recovered unconscious.

Search and rescue work continues.

A doctor and a stretcher arrived at the scene, but it was too late, as Greek and Turkish rescuers found the child’s lifeless body soon after. Subsequently, the person who heard Fatme realized that in the wreckage behind her was her 7-year-old sister, who finally she was pulled out alive.

Greek rescuers have set about extracting a 50-year-old member of a family of four who was stuck under a ladder.

Recall that the mission consists of 21 firefighters 1st EMAKrescue experience, two dogs breed rescue Labrador,(Victor and Caesar), while they also follow five EKAV doctors and nursesspecializing in first aid for the main team, as well as the president of the UASP Efthymis Lekkas.

The mission also includes a civil engineer, officer P.S. with a Master’s Degree in Disaster Management and Earthquake Construction, which provides instruction and guidance on how to support damaged buildings and other building hazard issues.

The Hellenic Mission camped in an open area about 6 kilometers away from the crash and rescue site, which they chose themselves, as another site they proposed was considered unsuitable, and after a request from the Turkish Civil Protection, they provided two vans to transport personnel with fuel and other supplies they requested.

The Greek mission took with them food and other items that give her autonomy for a week and was divided into two groups of 10 people who work to save people with continuous shifts.

At the place where the Greek camp was located, a Swiss rescue mission followed, and a mission from Italy was also expected.

📹| Greek rescue team #Turkey rescued a little girl from rubble in Khatai.

The Turkish Special Forces Police and the Greek team hugged and carried the rescued girl together.#earthquake pic.twitter.com/WndaHGEBc6

— EHA News (@eha_news) February 7, 2023

Mitsotakis: Powerful Imagery

“This is one of those moments where we must temporarily put aside our differences and face the pressing situation before us,” the prime minister told CNN. Kyriakos Mitsotakisreferring to the destruction caused Turkey after them strong earthquakes.

” Greeks and Turks friends. We may have disagreements at the political level, but in the end, we have nothing to share with the citizens of Turkey. And right now there is an abundance of compassion in front of these images. I can’t imagine another one powerful image of a Greek and Turkish lifeguard saving a 7 year old girl“, he stressed.

Mr. Mitsotakis noted that Greece was one of the first countries to respond to the mission of the rescue team in the field – operations in the city. Hatay– adding that “We are a country with considerable experience in dealing with earthquakes and we know that at these critical times, time is of the essence – rescue teams must hurry if we are to be able to rescue people who have been trapped for many hours underground”. terrible conditions.”