'Silence!' Hushed search for Turkey's quake survivors
Sleepless, physically exhausted and morally spent, the rescuers tend to discover frightening scenes under all that debris.The parents appeared to be trying to shield the children with their bodies when their remains were found, witnesses told AFP.He heard them following him out the door when everyone woke up and ran for their lives when their building began to shake.
“The building collapsed. I saw my sister buried under rubble up to her waist, bleeding. She was shouting ‘mum, mum’. My mum, who could barely walk, was trapped inside.”Wrapped in blankets, huddling around fires to warm themselves from the freezing rain, or simply reciting the Quran, the survivors have few thoughts other than about those they left behind.
People in Diyarbakir watch as rescue personnel search for victims and survivors in the rubble of buildings. PHOTO: AFPLocal municipality official Ismail Pendik was trying to keep his cool while handling complaints and consoling families at a car salon that has been converted into a temporary shelter.
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