Rescuers Pull Seven Survivors From Rubble of Earthquake-hit

At least seven survivors were rescued on Tuesday from the rubble of earthquake-hit areas of Turkey, local media reported, eight days after worst quake in the country’s modern history.

“It included a woman pulled out from ruins of a building in the southern Turkish province of Hatay by Ukrainian rescue workers,” broadcaster CNN Turk reported.

Earlier on Tuesday, an 18-year-old named Muhammed Cafer was rescued from the rubble of a building in southern Turkey some 198 hours after last Monday’s earthquake, CNN Turk said.

Broadcasters showed rescue workers carrying Cafer strapped on a stretcher, an oxygen mask on his face and a health worker holding an IV bag, from the site of the collapsed building in Adiyman province to a waiting ambulance.

Cafer could be seen moving his fingers as he was carried away.

Reuters /Shakirat Sadiq