KAHRAMANMARAS: Two more people were pulled out alive from the rubble in Turkiye on Friday, 11 days after an earthquake that has killed more than 43,000 in the country and Syria, as aid agencies step up efforts to help millions of people left homeless.
Osman Halebiye, 14, was rescued overnight in the city of Antakya in Turkiye’s southeast, 260 hours after the massive earthquake that struck in the dead of night on February6, news agency Anadolu said. Mustafa Avci, 34, was also found alive in Antakya 261 hours after the temblor. As he was taken away on a stretcher, he was put on a video call with his parents who showed him his newborn baby.
“I had completely lost all hope. This is a true miracle. They gave me my son back. I saw the wreckage and I thought nobody could be saved alive from there. We were prepared for the worst,” his father, Ali Avci said.