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More than six days after the earthquakes in Turkey and Syria, several children were rescued from the rubble. A glimmer of hope.
The earthquake in the Turkish-Syrian border area was more than six days ago. According to United Nations estimates, the death toll could increase 50,000 or more increase. The number is currently more than 30,000. Despite this, people are still being rescued alive from the rubble. Helpers were able to save the lives of several children.
The situation is “deeply shocking” – “The idea that these piles of rubble still contain people, some still alive, many dead,” said UN Emergency Relief Coordinator Martin Griffiths.
He has experienced many conflicts and wars, but losing tens of thousands of people in one night is something he has never seen in other conflicts. Griffiths was impressed by that Use of the rescue workersboth from the Turkish side and from that of the international rescuers.
After the earthquake: 5-month-old baby rescued
News like this raises hope for survivors: Nach 134 hours a five-month-old baby was pulled out of the rubble, reports the Turkish state television station TRT.
A helper was lowered headfirst into a hole several meters deep in order to infant to achieve, as the television pictures showed. The child was then handed over to paramedics, who was visibly exhausted.
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One action, many newborn possibly saved life, occurred at Gaziantep Hospital. A video now circulating on Twitter and shared by a TRT correspondent shows two nurses running into the neonatal unit instead of going outside during the earthquake. Both held the baby incubators to prevent them from falling over during the earthquake.
Rescue: the baby’s crying drew the rescuers’ attention
A seven-month-old baby has also been rescued from the rubble in southeastern Turkey. In Hatay province, helpers were able to follow the boys 140 hours rescue alive from the rubble, as was also reported by the state broadcaster TRT. The rescuers became aware of the child’s crying.
A video showing the baby laughing after being rescued is spreading hope on Twitter. Shortly before, according to Turkish media reports, a two year olds be saved in the region.
According to a report by the state news agency Anadolu, Antakya was also visited six year old boy rescued from rubble. He was buried under rubble for 137 hours and was taken to a hospital after he was rescued.
After 24 hours of use: nine-year-old rescued
The Israeli army also reported a nine-year-old boy trapped in a collapsed house for around 120 hours. after one 24 hours the child could be saved thanks to the ongoing effort.
The pediatrician who looked after the boy during the rescue said he was suffering from an art tunnel, which the team dug, reached the child. “You could see the boy’s head and one hand, so I was able to give him an IV fluid and initial stabilization medication.” Only then was he rescued.
The nine year old was the third member of a family to be rescued by the Israeli team, after his father and 14-year-old sister. His mother, on the other hand, was found dead.
Also interesting: Reporter’s Diary, Day 2: Rescue operation in the earthquake area
Earthquakes: Small children are particularly at risk
The more time progresses, the fewer they are chances of survival for the people who are still hidden under the rubble.
“Small children and old people are particularly at risk,” says Tankred Stöbe, former President of Doctors Without Borders how long a person can survive under rubble.
This is precisely why the children who have now been saved seem like a miracle. You give to the rescuers Hopeto find more people under the rubble. (rs/dpa)
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