Searchers were still pulling survivors on Wednesday from the rubble of the earthquake that killed over 11 200 people in Turkey and Syria, even as the window for rescues narrowed.
For two days and nights since the 7.8 magnitude quake, thousands of searchers have worked in freezing temperatures to find those still alive under flattened buildings on either side of the border.
"We are expecting more of them... the chances of getting people out of here alive are very high," he added. The White Helmets leading efforts to rescue people buried under rubble in rebel-held areas of Syria have appealed for international help in their"race against time". A decade of civil war and Syrian-Russian aerial bombardment had already destroyed hospitals, collapsed the economy and prompted electricity, fuel and water shortages.
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