Three weeks after the pair of Earthquakes hit southeast Turkey, and many survivors still remember horror of stuck in the rubble of Buildings that collapsed during earthquakes and aftershocks.
Samra Özkolay, from Adiyaman, was rescued with three to her children of debris after being suspended for 12 hours And I shared it experience with Anadolu Agency correspondent (AA) Sunday.
“There is no point in rebel. Let’s embrace each other as a nation, hoping to get it over this event like soon like possible. If the sun shines every day, life goes on on. “If the sun shines, there is hope,” she said.
Ozkolay, 35 years old, is being treated at Istanbul City Hospital Prof. Dr. Cemil Taçoğlu. Explain that it was with one of Ha children During the earthquake and she wanted to take the other two out of the room they were in in And leave buildingÖzkolay said: “While I was trying escape from building with My children walls collapsed on us. I heard children I was crying and my legs were stuck. At the time, I said to myself, “We are deadthat’s it.'”
“This moment is truly inexplicable, and only you can understand it if you are yourself live He. She.”
Explaining that she was not afraid for her life but crying of Ha children Destroyed, reported that building Where they were staying was not completely demolished, thank God. first Ha children And then it was withdrawn out from the rubble.
In Diyarbakir 20-year- Old Sinai Yemen also He said in Interview with AA that her cat who was trapped in severely damaged building for 19 days old, he was saved as an A.J result of the hard work of the teams.
Yemen , who injured as a result of serious damage to it house in Diyarbakir, where the earthquakes centered in Kahramanmaraş caused She said she woke up from widespread devastation up When the earthquake hit And she tried to find her cat Zeno right after she got to her brother.
Explaining that her usually very calm cat panicked during the earthquake, Yaman said she herself was trapped under the rubble when she was in the bedroom. wall collapsed.
“We were so scared. I was hanging from the open part of Columns. I would fall down If only the rubble had not fallen on And I grabbed my feet. I told my mom: No move or you will slip down. ”
I couldn’t feel my feet. both of them of My feet were stuck. for me mother removed Yaman said, explaining that they are gone down the fire escape Downstairs and out building with the help of Citizens.
after receiving treatment for She said her mind was always on on her cat Zeno, who He was still stuck inside home.
Yaman said she is focused on Rescuing her cat after she was discharged from the hospital. “We asked the Disaster and Emergency Management Authority (AFAD) officials and all employees in debris l help us By telling them our cat was inside. I can walk with crutches. We were there every day, every hour, and we were constantly going. I volunteered to enter buildingbut they wouldn’t let me because safety Fears. Every day I went to the front of severely damaged building to save my cat. A drone has been launched in our area house And when I saw the state of the houseI knew my cat couldn’t have it out of there.”
However, by calling out “Zeno” and hearing her meow after 19 days of Yaman explained that she did not believe that she had been hit by the earthquake survived. “Hide behind The heater, finally came out, said Yaman Chakra, the police officer who I offered him help on time.
Another survivor, retired teacher Ibobekir Akuzum, 73, who stayed with his wife and 12-year-old son in rubble of Flat in Adiyaman, about four were rescued hours after the earthquake.
Noting that building collapsed like piece of Akuzum Paper said, “After the severe earthquake, I held my child’s arm. I tried to protect the child. When the floors collapsed on top. on usWell, we were stuck face down. “
Akuzum was with His wife Nevziye, 51, and son Deniz Maher, 12 years old in they house on the second floor during the earthquake. He said it was taken out of The debris was taken to the hospital for Fourth treatment hours after the earthquake.
It was determined that Akuzum’s finger was broken and bruised on his hand and arm. akusum, who Travel to Batman with for him family from Adiyaman for Therapy, he and his said son He moved to his wife’s relative house after his exit.
Nevziye Aküzüm underwent three surgeries due to edema in Her right arm and right shoulder were injured by heavy debris. Before the disaster, I worked as a primary school inspector in the directorate of National Education. She is still being treated in hospital.
elaboration on how They were trapped and rescued, Ibobekir Akuzum said: “My child was lying next to me. My son is only 12 years old. I woke up up Immediately when we felt the earthquake. I grabbed his arm. Run, get up Quickly, there is an earthquake, you told me son. it was my wife in The other room, she came running from there. We could see the bedroom door, but I couldn’t get through the door, and she couldn’t come to the door. Meanwhile, at this moment of Because of the violent shaking, I grabbed my baby’s arm. I tried to protect the child. We were pinned face down on the earth. the building Fell to the ground like paper. It was our apartment on the second floor in center of Adiyaman on Jomhuriyat Mahlsi (Jumhuriya Street). the place He was destroyed. We were stuck in debris.”
“We were saved by the citizens. Hmm took first Our child out,” He said.
Among many other citizens who They were rescued from the rubble and their treatments are still going on in Hospitals or local hospitals in The capital, Ankara, and Istanbul are two sisters who She almost lost her arms after getting stuck under the rubble of collapsed building in Adiyaman.
sisters, who saved with oxygen therapy from the amputation of their arms, clinging on for life by gaining strength from each other, personnel of the hospital in Gaziantep co with AA.
treatment of 13-year- Sumaya Termaz old and 24-year- Sister Sabahat Termaz, who They were saved by them brother Seven hours After the earthquake, he continued at Medical Point Hospital in Gaziantep.
According to the latest official numbers from AFAD, more from 44,000 people They lost their lives after the February 6th earthquake in south and southeast.
Meanwhile, efforts to provide assistance and treatment in Establishing local and field hospitals in the region also Complete, with over 30 hospitalizations are going on set up by a foreigner countries like of The State Department noted on Friday.
