Eko Hot Blog reports that a 10-year-old girl was rescued from under the rubble in southern Turkey’s Hatay province 147 hours after Monday’s devastating earthquake struck the region, according to the Istanbul municipality.
Video shared on social media showed search and rescue teams pulling the girl, named Cudi, from the rubble and transporting her on a stretcher.
“Cudi is our beloved. Beloved Cudi,” a person in the video was heard saying, along with “Hallelujah!”
Another survivor, a 35-year-old man identified as Mustafa Sarıgül, was rescued from the ruins of a six-story apartment building in the same province on Sunday.
The rescue breakthroughs came as the death toll across Turkey and Syria following Monday’s catastrophic earthquake has reached 33,181, according to the latest figures.
Turkish Emergency Coordination Center SAKOM, on Sunday, said the death toll in Turkey has climbed to 29,605.
In Syria, the total number of deaths stands at 3,576, including 2,168 in rebel-held areas in the northwest, according to the ‘White Helmets’ civil defense group, and 1,408 deaths in government-controlled parts of Syria, according to Syrian state media citing the health ministry on Saturday.
The White Helmets, who announced the end of their search and rescue operations on Friday, told CNN on Saturday that the total number of dead is expected to be much higher.
More than 2,000 people have been discharged from hospitals in the Turkish city of Istanbul following treatment for injuries suffered in Monday’s powerful earthquake, Turkish state broadcaster TRT Haber reported on Sunday.
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