Hayat: Nearly 12 days after the earthquake first hit Turkey and Syria, rescuers on Friday pulled a man from rubble. The rescuee named Hakan Yasinoglu (45) was rescued 278 hours after the quake hit Hatay province near Syrian border, stated an NDTV report.
Groups of rescuers have been attempting to find survivors since the quakes hit despite many of them being stuck for long under the debris in harsh cold. The death toll amidst this has breached the 41,000 mark.
According to the report, Yasinoglu was immediately taken to hospital after he was rescued. Apart from him, three others were rescued including a 14-year-old boy.
Rescue operations
The team of rescuers in an overnight task pulled out a woman, two men and a child alive. According to news agency PTI, the Neslihan Kilic, a 29-year-old, was removed from the rubble of a building in Kahramanmaras, DHA news agency reported on Thursday.
Meanwhile, two men were rescued from debris of a hospital in Antakya and another boy from the town was rescued.
Death toll rise
The Turkish disaster management agency said that so far 39,672 persons in Turkey have lost their lives after, what is being dubbed as deadliest earthquake of 7.8 magnitude, hit the country, reported Al Jazeera.
This took fatalities' toll in both Syria and Turkey to 43,360. The death toll is expected to rise as the rescue operations continue.
