Three survivors, including one 12 year oldwere recovered from the ruins in Antioch, Turkey, over 260 hours after the deadly 7.8 Richter earthquake that leveled the area, centered on Kahramanmaras.

THE 34-year-old Mustafa and 26-year-old Mehmet were rescued 261 hours later the earthquake.

A heartwarming video has even made the rounds of the internet since the rescue of 34-year-old Mustafa, showing him a few minutes later talking on the phone with his brother, his first words being: “Is my mother okay?”

An hour earlier, a 12-year-old boy had also been pulled out alive from the ruins of his house in the center of Antioch, after titanic efforts of the rescuers.

Tthe 12-year-old boy, named Osmanunderwent an operation at a hospital in the province, without it being known how serious his health condition is.

The official report so far from the 7.8 magnitude earthquake that hit Turkey and Syria on February 6 at 04:00 local time in the morning (03:00 Greek time) exceeds 42,000 dead.

The last survivors picked up by rescuers, as the search is slowly drawing to a close, were all found in Hatay province, around Antioch, near the border with Turkey, with the chances of there being any other survivors are slim.