Turkish rescuers managed to rescue a 17-year-old girl from the rubble of a collapsed building in Kahramanmaras province in south-central Turkey, 248 hours after a massive earthquake that killed more than 40,000 people in both Turkey and Syria. no earthquake is unusual for many experts.
A member of the Turkish rescue brigade explained that those under the rubble can usually live up to five days. “Anything that lasts longer than five days is considered a miracle,” he added.
As Deniz Gezer, a general practitioner at a hospital in Mersin, Turkey, explains, one of the biggest challenges in surviving is the cold. He added: “But some patients stayed indoors and were therefore able to survive under buildings, in small enclosed spaces, and some of them had water.
