Many people were rescued almost a week after the deadly earthquake
Rescuers in Turkey pulled more survivors from the rubble, a week after the deadly 7.8-magnitude earthquake killed more than 33,000 people in Turkey and Syria, according to a provisional count, with the UN expects this number to even double.
However, desperate rescues continue long after the critical 72-hour post-earthquake period.
Early this morning, Anadolu Agency reported that a 7-year-old boy, Mustafa, was rescued in Hatay province, while 62-year-old Nafize Yilmaz was pulled alive from the rubble in Nurdagi city, in the same province. Both had been trapped for 163 hours before being rescued yesterday, Sunday.
Sibel Kaya, 40, was pulled from the rubble of a five-story building in Gaziantep province 170 hours after the earthquake.
60-year-old Erengul Oder remained under the debris for 166 hours in Antiyaman province, while 45-year-old Cengiz Polat was pulled from the rubble after 162 hours. Polat told rescuers he was banging on a stove next to him to make noise so they could hear him.
In the same province, rescue crews managed to free after 158 hours 10-year-old Asima Baltatsi, who as soon as he came out asked the rescuers for fruit-flavored jellies.
In addition, the rescue crews in Kahramanmaras are in contact with three survivors, who are believed to be a mother, her daughter and a baby.
The number of dead is 33,186
More than 33,000 people have been pulled dead from the rubble in Turkey and Syria, due to the deadly 7.8 Richter earthquake centered in Kahranmarmaras.
At the same time, the hopes of rescuing more survivors are dwindling in the midst of frost.
The latest figures show a total of 33,186 people have died in both countries.
The death toll in Turkey has risen to 29,605, the Turkish Emergency Coordination Center SAKOM announced on Sunday.
In Syria, the total death toll stands at 3,581, including 2,170 in rebel-held areas in the northwest, according to the White Helmets civil defense group, and 1,411 deaths in government-held areas of Syria, according to Syrian state media, citing the health ministry, on Saturday.
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