The dead on both sides of the Turkish-Syrian border now exceed 9,500, and efforts are being made to save lives
The testimonies of survivors from Turkey and Syria are shocking. The dead on both sides of the Turkish-Syrian border now exceed 9,500, and efforts are being made to save lives. In Zandairis, on the Syrian side, a newborn was pulled alive from the rubble. This little girl was still connected by the umbilical cord to her mother, who was dead, as were all the other members of her family.
Promise me that after I get you out of here, when you get better, we’ll go play soccer.#Türkiye🇹🇷 #deprem #DEPREMOLDU #earthquake #earthquakeinturkey pic.twitter.com/klwsZqieMz
— Turkic World (@TurkicWorld_Az) February 8, 2023
“We heard a noise as we were digging (…) we cleared the rubble and found this little girl, thank God,” Khalil Sawadi, a relative of the family, said yesterday, Tuesday. The infant was taken to hospital and is in a stable condition, according to a doctor interviewed by AFP.
Look at the reaction of this child after rescuing.🌹🌸
hours🚨#Turquia #deprem #Turkey #enkazaltındıyım #hataydeprem #ohal #seferberlik #Elbistan #hatayyardimbekliyor #AFAD #PrayForTurkey #earthquake #Turkiye #زلزال_تركيا #زلزال_سوريا pic.twitter.com/xE36hFpFwk
— Turkey / Syria 💔 💎 (@KabulBird) February 8, 2023
But for 15-year-old Irmak it’s too late. Her father, Mesut Hanser, silently squeezes his dead daughter’s hand, which sticks out from the rubble of a building in Kahramanmaras, where her lifeless body remains trapped. No aid had arrived yesterday, Tuesday, in this snow-covered city of more than a million people, which suffered major damage.
“Where is the state? Where is it? (…) It’s been two days and we haven’t seen anyone. (…) Children are dying from the cold,” complains Ali, who is still waiting for reinforcements there, still hoping that he will see his brother and nephew again who are trapped in the ruins of their building.
In Sauran, northern Syria, Mahmoud Brimo kneels in front of a pile of rubble, the remains of his home. Nearby, a gray dome testifies that a mosque once stood there. “So many years of war and we were not destroyed like this,” he says and continues: “We lost everything in an instant. We are completely destroyed.”
Afraid to return home, survivors fled to the Turkish airport of Gaziantep. “Now our lives are completely marked by uncertainty. How am I going to take care of these children?” asks Zahide Sutsu, who fled her apartment with her two young children.
🔴Adıyaman’da depremin 3. dayında enkazdan 2 aylık bebek kurtarıldı❤🥺#deprem pic.twitter.com/hbSGbpPYkS
— GZT (@gztcom) February 8, 2023
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