Earthquake in Turkey: the moving image of the girl who protected her brother for 17 hours

The effects of the earthquakes that took place in Turkey and Syria on Monday, February 6, are devastating.

Thomas Osborne
Thomas Osborne
14 February 2023 Tuesday 03:43
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Earthquake in Turkey: the moving image of the girl who protected her brother for 17 hours

The effects of the earthquakes that took place in Turkey and Syria on Monday, February 6, are devastating. The number of victims does not stop growing - at the moment there are 11,200 dead and more than 45,000 injured - and the little stories that are known are extremely moving.

It is that despite the fact that the emergency services work against the clock, in a hurry and without pause, the harsh weather conditions and the time elapsed do not play in their favor.

However, as often happens, there are always cases that add some hope. An example of this is the discovery of a girl alive, only 7 years old, and her little brother.

"The 7-year-old girl who kept her hand on her little brother's head to protect him while they were under the rubble for 17 hours has made it out alive," United Nations representative Mohamad Safa posted on his Twitter account. who shared the images of finding the minors among the rubble.

The two little ones remained under the remains of their home for 17 endless hours until they could be rescued.

The girl not only took care of her younger brother, protecting him during all this time, but also reassured and comforted him until the emergency services arrived.

The climatic conditions are very harsh and exhaustion devastates. However, rescue teams in Turkey and Syria continue their tireless efforts to find survivors trapped in the rubble after the powerful earthquakes measuring 7.8 and 7.5 on the Richter scale.

For two days and two nights since the quake, thousands of people have been working tirelessly in freezing temperatures to find survivors under collapsed buildings on both sides of the border.

Despite everything, the emergency services were able to save several children on Wednesday found under a collapsed block in the hard-hit Turkish province of Hatay, where entire municipalities disappeared, the AFP agency reported.

Both brigade members and civilians remove the rubble from homes and buildings with their own hands after hearing the voices of trapped people crying out for help and gradually fading away.

As reported by the AP agency, search and rescue teams from around the world go - and continue to go - to Turkey and Syria to help.

However, unfortunately, given the extent of the affected area, the rescue operation has not been able to reach all the devastated towns. "We could hear their voices, they were asking for help," said Ali Sao, while clarifying that he lost two relatives in the Turkish town of Nurdagi.

Destruction from the quakes spanned hundreds of kilometers across southeastern Turkey and Syria, toppling thousands of buildings and adding to hardship in a region rocked by Syria's 12-year civil war and refugee crisis.