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The EMAK men found a fourth child alive in the wreckage: his mother had covered him with her body

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Efforts were halted due to a strong aftershock and now the operation is underway again

Shocking moments have been taking place for some time now in a collapsed building in the Turkish city of Hatay where the Greek rescuers of EMAK, they are making tremendous efforts to rescue another child who was found alive in the ruins. The Greek firefighters they heard the child’s voice and rushed to reach him, managing to get close to where he is trapped.

According to information from Fire brigade, the Greek rescuers witnessed a scene that has shocked them, as the child is under the body of his mother, who has no signs of life and who probably tried to protect her child, when the slab of the house fell on them.

The debris of the house and the mother’s body have trapped the child’s leg, and rescuers’ efforts are focused on removing the debris and extricating it.

However, the efforts were interrupted by a strong aftershock that forced the team to leave the ruins for a while, by order of the team leaders, 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 contacting the EMAK men.

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

*photo from yesterday’s operations of EMAK in Hatay

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