NEW: Fears of a 'secondary disaster' were momentarily eclipsed by dramatic rescues that saw survivors pulled from rubble days after the earthquakes in Turkey and Syria. But help is still struggling to reach many people in need.
Emergency services, volunteers and families have toiled despite diminishing hope for those still trapped in subzero temperatures. Streets have grown heavy with bodies wrapped in blankets, while residents have huddled over fires as the destruction forced makeshift morgues for the dead and shelters for the living.
Dozens of rescuers clambered around a 57-year old woman, who was still conscious when she was pulled from the wreckage of a building.It was Murat Kucuktecer, one of the many rescuers at the site, who had first heard the woman’s voice. She survived days under the rubble because she was trapped in an air pocket that was insulated, Kucuktacer told NBC News.
In Gaziantep, there were tears of joy early Friday when 17-year-old Adnan Muhammed Korkut was pulled from the rubble fully conscious, after 94 hours trapped in the basement of an apartment building that had collapsed. Brimming with joy, one of the rescuers — a woman called Yasmen — embraced the teenager who seemed remarkably lucid after his ordeal.
The World Health Organization said that survivors desperately needed vital support providing basic necessities such as clean water and shelter in worsening weather conditions. Photos taken Tuesday by Maxar Technologies, a U.S. defense contractor headquartered in Colorado, show the scale of infrastructure damage in places like Nurdagi, Turkey.
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