The miraculous rescues are serving as rare bright spots in one of the bleakest periods in memory for Turkey. Read more at straitstimes.com.
ISTANBUL - For about 200 hours, two Turkish brothers entombed under the rubble of a collapsed building in the earthquake-devastated city of Kahramanmaras held on, rationing bodybuilding supplements, drinking their own urine, swallowing gulps of air.
And to the south, a volunteer mining crew joined the efforts to save another, earning tribute from Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who said they “will never fade away from our memories”. Many are afraid to return to damaged buildings and are struggling to survive in makeshift shelters and extreme cold.
On Tuesday, as the total death toll in both Syria and Turkey surpassed 40,000, Turkish authorities arrested more contractors suspected of shoddy construction that violated building codes.Critics of Mr Erdogan, who is seeking to defend his response to the disaster, drew attention to videos that showed him previously hailing some of the housing projects that crumbled and buried people.
After digging out the man, identified by state news agencies as Muhammed Cafer Cetin, 18, they hooked him up to an IV, fitted him with an oxygen mask and wrapped him in a shimmering survival blanket. Desperate for good news, the workers embraced one another and cheered as the brothers left for the hospital, where they explained how they had survived to the news media.
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