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Earthquake in Turkey: Greek rescuers try to free a child

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Earthquake in Turkey: Greek rescuers try to free a child

Shocking moments take place in a ruined building in the city Hatay her Turkeywhere EGreek lifeguards EMAK they go to great lengths to save another child found alive in the ruins.

Greek firefighters heard the child’s voice and rushed to him, managing to get close to the place where he was stuck.

According to the fire service, the Greek rescuers witnessed a scene that shocked them, as little boy lies under mother’s bodywho has no signs of life and was probably trying to protect her child when a stove at home fell on them.

The wreckage of the house and the mother’s body pinched the child’s leg, and the efforts of the rescuers are focused on removing the wreckage and retrieving it.

However, one interrupted the efforts strong aftershockwhich forced the group to leave the ruins for a while, on the orders of the leaders of the group, so that their lives would not be in danger.

However, the operation has started again and is in full swing with the hope that it will have a happy ending for the child who is in contact with the men from EMAK.

It is noted that the child is the fifth person, along with the 50-year-old and three other children, who were rescued by the Hellenic Rescue Mission.


Over 11,000 dead and ‘time is running out’

The earthquake-affected areas of southern Turkey arrived at noon on Wednesday. Recep Tayyip Erdoganat a time when, at last count, the death toll from the double impact of Enceladus exceeded 11000 in Turkey and Syria.

Rescue teams race to save other survivors in the ruins of thousands of destroyed buildings.

In the midst of frost, but, fortunately, with the appearance of the sun, crews from abroad, including from Greece, increase, and every hour, according to Turkish media, “miracles” are recorded with the extraction of survivors from the wreckage. .

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However, rescuers are warning that time is running out to find survivors as the early hours of Thursday fill up. 72 hours after the first major earthquake measuring 7.8 on the Richter scale.

Greek EMAK already has save four people from under the rubble in Alexandretta (Iskenderun), with the support of the Turkish media at the work of the Greek rescuers.

A second EMAK team is on its way to Turkey, and a Greek humanitarian mission is preparing to leave immediately for Syria, as a request to the European Civil Protection Mechanism was activated by Damascus on Wednesday morning.

In general, at least 8700 people were rescued alive from ruins in Turkey, according to the latest report from Turkish state television TRT.

At least they try 96,000 rescuers and other support personnelaccording to the Turkish government.

Author: newsroom

Source: Kathimerini

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