Despite a mounting death toll, rescue efforts in Turkey and Syria are miraculously uncovering survivors nearly a week after devastating earthquakes in the region. Imtiaz Tyab has the details. Source: Rescue efforts in Turkey, Syria enter sixth day after devastating earthquakes
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By Oliver Harvey Reuters Rescuers have been discovering trapped and injured animals amid the rubble too[/caption] ENTOMBED in quake rubble for 117 hours, a teenage girl was pulled free by British rescuers and told them: “Please bring my Harry Potter books.” After nearly five days trapped face down in darkness, 15-year-old Ikbal Cil was prised […]
By Justin Spike, Abdelrahman Shaheen and Suzan Frazer | AP Rescue teams using thermal cameras to locate signs of life are continuing to pull survivors out of mounds of rubble, five days after a major earthquake struck a sprawling border region of Turkey and Syria Source: 5 days in, survivors still found in quake-hit Turkey, Syria