Turkey Quake Rescuers Still Finding ‘Miracle’ Survivors as Death Toll Grows

Turkey Quake Rescuers Still Finding ‘Miracle’ Survivors as Death Toll Grows
Rescuer workers carry Kaan, a 13-year-old Turkish teenager, to an ambulance after being rescued from the rubble after 182 hours, in the aftermath of a deadly earthquake in Hatay, Turkey Feb. 13, 2023. Dilara Senkaya/Reuters
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Rescuers in Turkey pulled several people alive from collapsed buildings on Monday, a week after the country’s worst earthquake in modern history, but hopes of many more survivors were fading.

Stories of near-miraculous rescues have flooded the airwaves in recent days, including many that were broadcast live on Turkish television and beamed around the world. But tens of thousands of dead have been found during the same period.

Efthymis Oraiopoulos
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