Two Week Old Girl Rescued Two Days After Turkey Earthquake

Tuesday 25 October 2011

Two week old girl rescued two days after Turkey earthquake- Rescue workers pulled a two-week old baby from wreckage of a building 47 hours after a 7.2 magnitude earthquake struck eastern Turkey, killing hundreds of people.

A rescue worker in the eastern city of Ercis was seen on Turkish NTV handing the baby over to a medic. The baby, named Azra Karaduman, was rescued from a seven-story apartment building that collapsed on Sunday after a powerful earthquake crippled parts of the country, including the towns of Van and Ercis.

The baby's mother and grandmother are reportedly still trapped inside the crumbled apartment building, but are believed to still be alive. The BBC reported that rescuers were drilling through several layers of concrete.


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