{"id":3859,"date":"2023-02-11T15:23:00","date_gmt":"2023-02-11T15:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/londonpost.news\/?p=3859"},"modified":"2023-03-23T18:51:19","modified_gmt":"2023-03-23T18:51:19","slug":"hopes-for-survivors-fading-as-quake-death-toll-tops-25000","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/magazine\/health-and-lifestyle\/hopes-for-survivors-fading-as-quake-death-toll-tops-25000\/2023\/02\/11\/admin1\/","title":{"rendered":"Hopes for survivors fading as quake death toll tops 25,000"},"content":{"rendered":"

Antakya,<\/span> Turkey<\/span> (AFP)<\/span> –<\/span> More<\/span> than<\/span> 25,000<\/span> people<\/span> have<\/span> died<\/span> in<\/span> Turkey<\/span> and<\/span> Syria<\/span> following<\/span> an<\/span> earthquake<\/span> five<\/span> days<\/span> ago.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>The<\/span> Turkish<\/span> president<\/span> on<\/span> Saturday<\/span> brought<\/span> his<\/span> country’s<\/span> death<\/span> toll<\/span> to<\/span> 21,848,<\/span> while<\/span> in<\/span> Syria<\/span> the<\/span> reported<\/span> death<\/span> toll<\/span> in<\/span> government-<\/span> and<\/span> rebel-controlled<\/span> areas<\/span> was<\/span> 3,553.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Sanliurfa<\/span> city<\/span> president<\/span> Recep<\/span> Tayyip<\/span> Erdogan<\/span> said<\/span> 80,104<\/span> people<\/span> were<\/span> injured<\/span> in<\/span> Turkey<\/span> alone.<\/span> However,<\/span> more<\/span> than<\/span> 130<\/span> hours<\/span> after<\/span> the<\/span> earthquake,<\/span> several<\/span> survivors<\/span> are<\/span> still<\/span> being<\/span> dragged<\/span> from<\/span> the<\/span> rubble.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>This<\/span> is<\/span> breaking<\/span> news.<\/span> Here’s<\/span> AP’s<\/span> previous<\/span> story:<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Antakya,<\/span> Turkey<\/span> (AP)<\/span> –<\/span> Turkish<\/span> rescuers<\/span> on<\/span> Saturday<\/span> said<\/span> five<\/span> of<\/span> them<\/span> survived<\/span> five<\/span> days<\/span> in<\/span> a<\/span> collapsed<\/span> house<\/span> after<\/span> a<\/span> powerful<\/span> earthquake<\/span> hit<\/span> the<\/span> vast<\/span> border<\/span> region<\/span> between<\/span> Turkey<\/span> and<\/span> Syria.<\/span> I<\/span> rescued<\/span> my<\/span> family.<\/span> But<\/span> the<\/span> death<\/span> toll<\/span> brought<\/span> him<\/span> closer<\/span> to<\/span> 25,000.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>They<\/span> first<\/span> rescued<\/span> a<\/span> mother<\/span> and<\/span> daughter<\/span> Havva<\/span> and<\/span> a<\/span> fatmuggle<\/span> her<\/span> Aslan<\/span> from<\/span> a<\/span> rubble<\/span> heap<\/span> in<\/span> Nurdagi<\/span> city,<\/span> Gaziantep<\/span> province,<\/span> HaberTurk<\/span> reported.<\/span> The<\/span> team<\/span> later<\/span> contacted<\/span> his<\/span> father,<\/span> Hassan<\/span> Aslan,<\/span> but<\/span> he<\/span> insisted<\/span> on<\/span> rescuing<\/span> his<\/span> other<\/span> daughter<\/span> Zeynep<\/span> and<\/span> his<\/span> son<\/span> Saltik<\/span> Bugra<\/span> first.<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0
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\n<\/span>Later,<\/span> when<\/span> the<\/span> father<\/span> was<\/span> taken<\/span> out,<\/span> the<\/span> rescuers<\/span> cheered,<\/span> “God<\/span> is<\/span> great!”<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Syria<\/span> and<\/span> Turkey<\/span> earthquake<\/span> fundraisers<\/span> seek<\/span> to<\/span> provide<\/span> relief<\/span>
\n<\/span>Live<\/span> Update<\/span> I<\/span> Focus<\/span> Shifts<\/span> to<\/span> Earthquake<\/span> Relief<\/span> as<\/span> Rescue<\/span> Efforts<\/span> Continue<\/span>
\n<\/span>Rescue<\/span> workers<\/span> cheer<\/span> as<\/span> survivors<\/span> emerge<\/span> from<\/span> the<\/span> rubble<\/span>
\n<\/span>A<\/span> rescue<\/span> team<\/span> tries<\/span> to<\/span> find<\/span> survivors<\/span> of<\/span> the<\/span> ‘Catastrophe<\/span> of<\/span> the<\/span> Century’.<\/span>
\n<\/span>Two<\/span> hours<\/span> later,<\/span> a<\/span> 3-year-old<\/span> girl<\/span> and<\/span> her<\/span> father<\/span> were<\/span> dragged<\/span> from<\/span> the<\/span> rubble<\/span> in<\/span> Islahiye<\/span> city,<\/span> also<\/span> in<\/span> Gaziantep<\/span> province,<\/span> and<\/span> an<\/span> hour<\/span> later,<\/span> a<\/span> 7-year-old<\/span> girl<\/span> was<\/span> rescued<\/span> in<\/span> Hatay<\/span> province.<\/span> hours<\/span> after<\/span> the<\/span> earthquake.<\/span> The<\/span> rescue<\/span> brings<\/span> the<\/span> number<\/span> of<\/span> people<\/span> rescued<\/span> on<\/span> Saturday<\/span> to<\/span> 12,<\/span> but<\/span> hopes<\/span> are<\/span> fading<\/span> amid<\/span> freezing<\/span> temperatures.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>“What<\/span> day<\/span> is<\/span> it<\/span> today?”<\/span> 16-year-old<\/span> Kamil<\/span> Khan<\/span> Agas<\/span> asked<\/span> rescuers<\/span> after<\/span> being<\/span> pulled<\/span> from<\/span> the<\/span> rubble<\/span> of<\/span> Karamanmaras,<\/span> according<\/span> to<\/span> NTV<\/span> Television.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Members<\/span> of<\/span> the<\/span> search<\/span> team,<\/span> a<\/span> mixture<\/span> of<\/span> Turks<\/span> and<\/span> Kyrgyz,<\/span> hugged<\/span> as<\/span> did<\/span> their<\/span> teenage<\/span> cousins,<\/span> one<\/span> of<\/span> whom<\/span> exclaimed:<\/span>
\n<\/span>“He’s<\/span> out,<\/span> brother.<\/span> He’s<\/span> out.<\/span> he<\/span> is<\/span> here<\/span> “<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Relief<\/span> aid<\/span> comes<\/span> amid<\/span> devastating<\/span> devastation<\/span> after<\/span> Monday’s<\/span> 7.8-magnitude<\/span> quake<\/span> collapsed<\/span> thousands<\/span> of<\/span> buildings,<\/span> killed<\/span> more<\/span> than<\/span> 24,500,<\/span> injured<\/span> another<\/span> 80,000<\/span> and<\/span> left<\/span> millions<\/span> homeless.<\/span> brought<\/span> a<\/span> radiance<\/span> of<\/span> joy.<\/span> Another<\/span> tremor<\/span> of<\/span> about<\/span> the<\/span> same<\/span> magnitude<\/span> was<\/span> probably<\/span> caused<\/span> by<\/span> the<\/span> first<\/span> quake<\/span> and<\/span> caused<\/span> further<\/span> destruction<\/span> h\u00a0<\/span>
\n<\/span>But<\/span> it<\/span> didn’t<\/span> all<\/span> go<\/span> well.<\/span> Rescuers<\/span> reached<\/span> out<\/span> and<\/span> intubated<\/span> her<\/span> 13-year-old<\/span> girl<\/span> in<\/span> the<\/span> rubble<\/span> of<\/span> a<\/span> collapsed<\/span> building<\/span> in<\/span> Hatay<\/span> province<\/span> early<\/span> Saturday<\/span> morning.<\/span> But<\/span> she<\/span> died<\/span> before<\/span> medical<\/span> teams<\/span> could<\/span> amputate<\/span> her<\/span> limbs<\/span> and<\/span> rescue<\/span> her<\/span> from<\/span> the<\/span> rubble,<\/span> her<\/span> H\u00fcrriyet<\/span> newspaper<\/span> reported.<\/span> Experts<\/span> say<\/span> those<\/span> trapped<\/span> can<\/span> live<\/span> for<\/span> a<\/span> week<\/span> or<\/span> more,<\/span> but<\/span> the<\/span> chances<\/span> of<\/span> finding<\/span> more<\/span> survivors<\/span> quickly<\/span> diminish.<\/span> identified<\/span> life.<\/span> This<\/span> is<\/span> a<\/span> sign<\/span> of<\/span> weakness<\/span> for<\/span> all<\/span> remaining<\/span> survivors.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>As<\/span> relief<\/span> supplies<\/span> continued<\/span> to<\/span> arrive,<\/span> his<\/span> 99-man<\/span> squad<\/span> of<\/span> the<\/span> Indian<\/span> Army<\/span> Medical<\/span> Relief<\/span> Team<\/span> began<\/span> treating<\/span> the<\/span> wounded<\/span> at<\/span> a<\/span> makeshift<\/span> field<\/span> hospital<\/span> in<\/span> the<\/span> southern<\/span> city<\/span> of<\/span> Iskenderun,<\/span> where<\/span> the<\/span> main<\/span> hospital<\/span> had<\/span> been<\/span> demolished.<\/span> .<\/span>
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\n<\/span>One<\/span> man,<\/span> Sukru<\/span> Canbulat,<\/span> was<\/span> taken<\/span> to<\/span> hospital<\/span> in<\/span> a<\/span> wheelchair<\/span> with<\/span> severe<\/span> bruises,<\/span> bruises<\/span> and<\/span> lacerations<\/span> on<\/span> his<\/span> left<\/span> leg.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Grimace<\/span> in<\/span> pain,<\/span> he<\/span> said<\/span> he<\/span> was<\/span> rescued<\/span> from<\/span> his<\/span> collapsed<\/span> home<\/span> in<\/span> the<\/span> nearby<\/span> city<\/span> of<\/span> Antakya<\/span> within<\/span> hours<\/span> of<\/span> Monday’s<\/span> quake.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Antakya, Turkey (AFP) – More than 25,000 people have died in Turkey and Syria following an earthquake five days ago. The Turkish president on Saturday brought his country’s death toll to 21,848, while in Syria the reported death toll in government- and rebel-controlled areas was 3,553. Sanliurfa city president Recep Tayyip Erdogan said 80,104 people […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3863,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":""},"categories":[562,1034,2407],"tags":[471,487,1008,1009,1016],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/000_33922U2.jpg","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3859"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3859"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3859\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3862,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3859\/revisions\/3862"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3863"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3859"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3859"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3859"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}