Trending: 12-year-old boy, 2 men rescued after over 260 hours in quake-hit Turkey

Updated : Feb 19, 2023 12:14
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Editorji News Desk

In another miraculous rescue, a 12-year-old boy and two men aged 26 and 34 were pulled out of the rubble more than 260 hours after earthquakes hit Turkey.

Media reports suggest that all three were rescued from the wreckage of a building in the Central Antakya city of Hatay province.

While the men were rescued in the 261th hour, the boy was rescued at the 260th hour.

Turkish Health Minister Fahrettin Koca also checked on the boy at the hospital

This appears to be the longest anyone has managed to survive under the rubble since the February 6 earthquakes in Turkey and Syria. 

The death toll from the disaster that hit both Turkey and Syria topped 41,000 on February 16.

More than 108,000 people were injured in Turkey in the 7.8 magnitude quake that struck at 4:17 a.m. local time and a magnitude 7.5 quake the first temblor likely triggered nine hours later. 

(With agency inputs)

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