Turkey.- A relief team made up of specialists from El Salvador and Turkey managed to rescue a woman and a child buried for six days after the earthquake that affected Syria and Turkey, reported the Salvadoran President, Nayib Bukele.
According to the President, they are Melih Efe Ozcan, a minor of approximately five years old, and Deniz Dal, a woman of around 30. Both were taken to a hospital.
In the video that accompanies Bukele’s message, you can see the moment where rescuers take a minor who remains immobile out of the rubble and place him on a stretcher, amid screams and sobs from those present.
It is also visualized how they take out a woman, who manages to move her arms and who is placed an orthopedic neck before laying her on another stretcher.
The Presidency of El Salvador added in a statement that the rescue took place at 10:30 local time, under the rubble of the Ebrar Sitesi Hazal Apartmani building, in the city of Sehit Aileleri, Kahramanmaras, in southern Turkey.
“The authorities reported that the minor had signs of hypothermia,” the note added.
According to the Salvadoran government, rescue personnel were alerted to the possibility that there were people alive among the concrete and twisted iron of the building, which collapsed after the 7.8 magnitude earthquake that occurred last Monday in Turkey and Syria.
The Government of El Salvador sent a relief team of 100 people to Turkey last Wednesday, including 58 soldiers specialized in search and rescue, 42 firefighters and doctors, as well as several dogs.
