The Turkish official Anadolu Agency reported that rescuers pulled out three people alive from rubble early Saturday, 12 days after a devastating earthquake that claimed more than 41,000 lives in southern Türkiye, but the child later died.

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ANKARA, Feb. 19 - 2023
Edited by | Paul Mitchel
World section CJ journalist

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Turkish authorities continue their efforts of searching for survivors under the rubble...Though 2 weeks passed on the deadly earthquakes which take the souls of 41 thousand till now, as well most of the international rescue teams departed turkey,
The Turkish authorities still have hopes to discover more alive persons under rubble so they announced that they will complete the rescue operations soon and focus on relief work.
yesterday they found a couple from a husband, mother, and their child 12 years... but the young died at once in the hospital

 

The man, his wife, and their child had spent 296 hours under the rubble of an apartment block in Antakya, the capital of the southern Turkish province of Hatay, before their rescue. The two adults were taken to the hospital, but the 12-year-old died despite on-scene intervention.

The bodies of two other quake victims were also recovered during the international rescue mission, said the report, citing Rysbek Coldoshbayev, captain of the search and rescue team of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Kyrgyzstan.

Turkish authorities announced that they would complete the rescue operations soon and focus on relief work.

The death toll from two major earthquakes that struck southeastern Türkiye on Feb. 6 is about 41 thousand and expected the death toll is to rise up.