Another miracle in Turkey: three young people rescued alive after nine days under rubble

Three young people were rescued alive today after 198 hours under rubble in the Turkish cities of Kahramanmaras and Adiyaman that collapsed on the fort. earthquake which shook southeastern Turkey and northern Syria nine days ago, killing more than 34,500 people.

TV channels broadcast live the rescue in Kahramanmarash of brothers Mohammed Enes and Abdulbaki Yeniar, aged 17 and 20, respectively, who were taken to hospitals with injuries of varying degrees.

Moments later, they also managed to pull 18-year-old Muhammed Kafer Çetin out of the rubble in the city of Adiyaman, having previously contacted him and found that he was healthy and able to speak.

These rescues are already considered “miracles” as they come nine days after thousands of buildings collapsed in ten provinces. Turkeywhere more than 80,000 wounded were saved in the first days.

It is estimated that tens of thousands of people are still trapped under the rubble, many of whom are also homeless.

Rescue work stops

However, in most places, rescue work has stopped, and foreign rescuers have begun to return to their countries, and cranes and other working machines have begun to clear the rubble.

“Now, in the conditions of a frosty winter, the main need is tents, containers,” Tezkan Karakus Jandan, president of the Ankara Chamber of Architects, said in Gaziantep on Tuesday.

“Let your gift for Valentine’s Day be a tent for the victims of the earthquake,” the expert insisted after inspecting the affected areas.

In statements to Halk TV, the architect blamed the government of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan for the large, deadly scale of the earthquake.

“Nothing can describe what we see. There is no one on the streets here. Yesterday we were in Hatay. The city is no more.”

“The government is putting all the blame on some builders to absolve themselves of responsibility. If the necessary scientific measures had been taken, so many people would not have died. This is a massacre,” he said.

Until last midnight, tent cities had been set up at 257 locations across an area of ​​110 square kilometers in 10 provinces, Vice President Fuat Oktay said.

In addition, the infrastructure of 27 container “cities” has been completed with the goal of having between 150,000 and 200,000 containers.

“Container transportation has begun in 10 provinces and districts… We have container towns for about 4,900 containers. About 20,000 people have already been accommodated in these containers,” Oktay said.

(As reported by EFE)

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