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Miracle rescues: Children found alive over 50 hours after Türkiye quakes

Some 58 hours after devastating earthquakes hit south eastern provinces of Türkiye, rescue teams pull five-year-old Yagmur and other children from under the rubbles in Hatay and Kahramanmaras provinces.

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Sixteen-year-old Mahmut Salman, who was under the rubble in Iskenderun, was rescued after 56 hours.

Several miracle rescues were carried out 58 hours after Monday's devastating earthquakes.

Rescue teams pulled out a five-year-old child alive from under the rubble in Türkiye's south eastern Kahramanmaras province.

In Kahramanmaras city centre, Yagmur Dal was rescued from under the rubble of a collapsed building on Wednesday.

Yagmur’s father and elder sister were also pulled alive from under the debris on Tuesday.

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The magnitude 7.7 and 7.6 earthquakes, centered in Kahramanmaras, struck 10 provinces and affected more than 13 million people.

Few hours before Yagmur, three other children were rescued from the rubble, 52 hours after two powerful quakes hit Türkiye.

Search, rescue teams from southwestern Mugla, northwestern Kocaeli provinces pull out children in Hatay.

The rescues were made by teams dispatched to Hatay, one of the 10 provinces hard-hit by 7.7 and 7.6 magnitude quakes, from the Mugla and Kocaeli provinces.

Mugla’s Marmaris municipality said they rescued a boy and a girl, Eymen and Esra in the Kirkhan district of Hatay.

The team will go to Antakya district after completing the mission in Kirkhan district.

Kocaeli municipality said the rescued boy’s name is Yigit Cakmak.

Hatay’da enkaz altından 52 saat sonra çıkarılıp tüm sevinciyle bizleri selamlayan Yiğit! 💙

Yiğit who was taken out of the wreckles after 52 hours in Hatay, greeted us with all his joy! 💙

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The magnitude 7.7 and 7.6 earthquakes, centered in Kahramanmaras, struck 10 provinces and affected more than 13 million people.

At least 8,574 people were killed and 49,133 others injured after two strong earthquakes on Monday jolted south eastern Türkiye, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday.

Several countries in the region, including Syria and Lebanon, felt the strong tremors that struck Türkiye in the space of less than 10 hours.

More than 96,670 people in multiple search and rescue teams are currently conducting operations in the field, according to Türkiye’s disaster agency AFAD.

SOURCE: TRTWorld and agencies