These emergency workers in Turkey’s Hatai province risked their lives trying to save lives. As seen in these videos, a pile of inert debris was suddenly poured on them, as they were trying to pull a survivor out from under the rubble.
The images prove how high the risk of increasing the number of victims is, even though 6 days have passed since the powerful tremors that destroyed entire residential areas, with a balance that, as search and rescue operations continue, has deepened to more than 24500 dead. and over 80 thousand injured.
And yet, miracles continue to happen. After 6 days under the rubble, emergency teams pulled alive from the rubble in Gaziantep, a woman in her 6th month of pregnancy and also her 6-year-old daughter.
In northern Syria, another area hit hard by major earthquakes, it is not just earthquake damage that is making it difficult to find survivors. The international media informs that in the areas under the control of the rebels, the regime of Bashar Al Asad does not allow the delivery of humanitarian aid.
The United Nations says more than 5.3 million people are estimated to have been left homeless. But the Assad government is apparently trying to gain political advantage in what is considered the catastrophe of the century.