International Desk: Turkey and Syria have been hit by the strongest earthquake in two decades that has caused a terrible humanitarian disaster. Two days after the incident, the rescue operation has not completed. Many people are still trapped under the rubble. Their dusty, bloody faces and the desire to return alive is bound to make the chest tremble. Several such pictures and videos have stormed in social media.
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A video shared on the Facebook page of Qatar-based media Al-Jazeera on Wednesday shows a child stuck in the rubble only sticking out his head. Eyes and face are white with dust. He was stuck about 45 hours.
A rescue worker is seen giving the child a sip of water from a bottle before the rescue. At that time, he kept saying to the child named Muhammad, "Muhammad, drink water." This is good, good. Are you hungry?
It has showed that the child was later rescued.
Several other videos of trapped people under the rubble after the earthquake have been heard pleading to be rescued alive.
A video shows two small children were buried under the rubble. The older girl is trying to protect her brother. A rescue worker asked her, can you play? "No, no, get us out," cried the girl in reply.
According to Gulf News, the Syrian girl is only seven years old. They were rescued after being stuck in the rubble for 17 hours.
Another video shows a young man in a red shirt streaming live on social media from under the rubble. There he talks about his plight and the neighbors are also trapped.
Another viral photo shows a middle-aged man holding a hand sticking out of the rubble. According to TRT World, the Turkish man held the hand of the teenage girl who died in the earthquake.
Amid such devastation of the earthquake, some miracles were also seen. A child was born under the rubble. The child was unharmed even though his mother was crushed to death. The video of child rescue has spread on social media.
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