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Miracle after the earthquake in Turkey: they save three young people who spent 9 days trapped in the rubble

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Two juveniles were rescued alive. this Tuesday, February 14, after passing 198 hours trapped under the rubble of his buildings in the city of Kahramanmarash, Turkey.

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Both buildings collapsed in the strong earthquake that shook southeast Turkey and northern Syria nine days ago, causing more than 35,000 dead.

Earthquake in Turkey: a new miracle

Turkish TV channels broadcast the rescue of the brothers live Muhammed Enes, 17 years oldAND Abdulbaki, 20 years oldwho were sent to hospitals with injuries of varying degrees.

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Also, they hope they can save another young man, Muhammed Cafer Cetin, 18 years oldin the city of Adiyaman.

As reported by the issuer CNNTurkrescuers had contacted Çetin, who could speak, and managed to pull him out of the rubble shortly after.

These three saves are already considered “miracles”because they are products nine days later that thousands of buildings collapsed in ten provinces of Turkey, where they were rescued in the first few days more than 80,000 wounded.

Unfortunately, it is estimated that they are still there tens of thousands under the rubblewhile they are too many were left homeless.

Nine days after the earthquake, there are still tens of thousands of victims under the rubble.  Photo: EFE/EPA

Nine days after the earthquake, there are still tens of thousands of victims under the rubble. Photo: EFE/EPA

Rescue work completed

However, help has been stopped in most places and foreign rescue teams have started returning to their countries, while cranes and other working machines have started clearing the rubble.

“Now, under the harsh winter conditionsthe main need is curtains, containers“, the president of the Ankara Chamber of Architects, Tezcan Karakus Candan, said in Gaziantep this Tuesday.

“May your Valentine’s gift be a tent for earthquake victims,” ​​insisted the expert after inspecting the affected regions.

Speaking to Halk TV, the architect blamed President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s government for the big lethal size of the earthquake. “Nothing can describe what we see. There is nobody on the streets here. Yesterday we were in Hatay. There is no city anymore,” she said.

And he added: “The government is putting all the blame on some builders to get rid of its responsibility. If the necessary scientific measures were taken, so many people would not die. It is mass murder,” he said.

Due to the harsh winter conditions, there is an urgent need for containers and tents.  Photo: EFE/EPA

Due to the harsh winter conditions, there is an urgent need for containers and tents. Photo: EFE/EPA

According to Vice President Fuat Oktay, until last midnight they had managed to establish pitches for tents in 257 points over an area of ​​110 square kilometers distributed over 10 provinces.

In addition, the infrastructure of 27 container “cities” was completed, with the aim of having among them 150,000 and 200,000 containers.

“Container shipments to 10 provinces and districts have started… We have container cities of about 4,900 containers. There are already about 20,000 people housed in these containers,” Oktay said.

Earthquake Turkey and Syria: one of the 10 earthquakes with the most deaths of the century

Due to the high number of victims, the catastrophic natural disaster that took place in Turkey and Syria has already positioned itself as a one of the 10 deadliest earthquakes of the 21st century.

Due to the large number of fatalities, the earthquake is the fifth deadliest earthquake of the century.  Photo: EFE/EPA

Due to the large number of fatalities, the earthquake is the fifth deadliest earthquake of the century. Photo: EFE/EPA

This is a list that was already entered hours after the quake. At the time, initial reports reported around 8,000 dead and placed the Middle East earthquake in ninth place.

It is currently in fifth placeonly under earthquakes in Southeast Asia (2004), Haiti (2010), Sichuan (2008) and Kashmir (2005).

Source: Clarin

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