As the hours tick by and the death toll continues to rise after an earthquake hit Turkey and Syria on Monday, heartwarming tales have emerged amid the overwhelming grief. Read more at straitstimes.com.
As the hours tick by and the death toll continues to rise after an earthquake hit Turkey and Syria on Monday, heartwarming tales have emerged amid the overwhelming grief.and the north-western regions of its neighbour Syria, a seven-year-old Syrian girl was found cradling her younger brother while buried under debris, her hand shielding his head from the concrete above.
In the southern Turkish city of Gaziantep, a man was found standing atop the remains of a six-storey apartment building that was reduced to a pile of concrete rubble. Stories of miracle survivors, however, only provide temporary respite from the horrors of the disaster. The United Nations children’s agency on Tuesday estimated that thousands of children have been killed, reported Reuters.
In Kahramanmaras in Turkey, close to the quake’s epicentre, a man was pictured holding his deceased daughter’s hand while her body was trapped under rubble.
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