ISTANBUL (AP) — A pair and their son have been pulled alive from underneath a collapsed condominium constructing more than 12 days after a 7.8 magnitude earthquake ravaged elements of Turkey and Syria, though the kid later died at a hospital, Turkish state media reported Saturday.
A overseas search crew from Kyrgyzstan rescued Samir Muhammed Accar, 49, his spouse, Ragda, 40, and their 12-year-old son whereas digging by means of the rubble of the condominium constructing within the southern Turkish metropolis of Antakya, the state-run Anadolu information company mentioned.
They have been eliminated at about 11:30 a.m. native time (8:30 GMT), or 296 hours after the Feb. 6 quake, and shortly transferred to ambulances. TV footage displaying medics fixing an IV drip to the person’s arm as he lay on a stretcher.
One of many Kyrgyz rescuers mentioned the crew additionally discovered the our bodies of two useless kids. Anadolu later reported additionally they have been the youngsters of Samir Muhammad and Ragda Accar.
Throughout a go to to Antakya, the capital of Hatay province, Turkish Well being Minister Fahrettin Koca mentioned the daddy was aware and being handled at Mustafa Kemal College Hospital. Anadolu revealed pictures displaying American TV character and former U.S. Senate candidate Mehmet Oz visiting the recovering man.
Reporting on their dialog, Anadolu mentioned Samir Muhammed Accar described how he survived the ordeal by ingesting his personal urine. He additionally advised Dr. Oz that his kids responded to his voice for the primary two or three days however he heard nothing from after that.
Hatay province, the place Antakya is positioned, was considered one of areas hit hardest by the earthquake, which killed a minimum of 40,642 folks in Turkey and three,688 in Syria.
Search and rescue operations are persevering with in Turkey, though the top of the nation’s catastrophe response company mentioned they might finish on Sunday.
___
Comply with AP’s earthquake protection at https://apnews.com/hub/earthquakes