‘Miracle’ survivors pulled from Türkiye rubble 11 days after quake

‘Miracle’ survivors are still being found 11 days after a 7.8 magnitude reduced large swaths of Türkiye and Syria to rubble. A man was rescued on Friday in the southern Turkish province of Hatay from one of the tens of thousands of collapsed buildings.

A 17-year-old girl, and two others aged 30 and 12 were also rescued on Thursday in Türkiye’s Kahramanmaras province, after being trapped beneath the crumbled concrete for 260 hours.

Two of the survivors told emergency teams that there were others still buried close by.The earthquake on February 6, 2023 killed more than 43,000 people in Türkiye and Syria, with recovery efforts still underway as the odds of finding more survivors dwindle with each hour that passes.

Mosques around the world are performing absentee funeral prayers for those that have died in the two countries who could not receive full burial rites.

(CGTN)