Search-and-rescue teams from Gift of the Givers and the South African Police Service worked tirelessly to provide aid to earthquake victims.
The scale of destruction that the Turkey-Syria earthquake left in its wake is massive. In Antakya – the capital of Hatay Province, the southernmost province of Turkey – a whole generation has been almost wiped out. The survivors’ lives have changed forever.
“You can imagine at 4.30 in the morning, when this earthquake struck, everyone was in their houses… and then over 2,000, 3,000 buildings collapsed; massive structures. Challenges are finding the survivors in the massive rubble.” Many survivors had lost everything in just 45 seconds. In the city streets, young and old residents sat around makeshift fires, looking out at the destruction.
General Fannie Masemola, national commissioner of the SAPS, commended the K9 team for the role it played in search-and-rescue efforts.
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