Hope of finding survivors is quickly fading as stretched rescue teams in Turkey and Syria search for signs of life in the debris of thousands of buildings toppled by the world’s deadliest earthquake in more than a decade. The extent of the devastation was breathtaking, with rows of apartment blocks reduced to twisted metal, rubble and dust in many communities. Rescuers formed human chains as they tried to dig through collapsed buildings, urging quiet every so often in the hopes of hearing stifled pleas for help. Al Jazeera’s Stefanie Dekker begins reports from Gaziantep, on the Turkish border with Syria. Subscribe to our channel: http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Follow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/AJEnglish […]
Millions of children caught in the catastrophic earthquake in Turkey and Syria, which was followed by a second magnitude 7.6 earthquake hours later and more than 100 aftershocks. Exhausted rescuers got a boost when they pulled a four year old boy from a collapsed building in Saliurfa. People are asking why some buildings that were supposed to be quake-proof did not withstand the tremors. Bernard Smith reports from Sanliurfa in southeaster Turkey. Subscribe to our channel: http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Follow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/AJEnglish Find us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera Check our website: http://www.aljazeera.com/ Check out our Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/aljazeeraenglish/ #Turkiye #Turkey #TurkeyEarthquake #TurkiyeEarthquake #SyriaEarthquake #Earthquake #Malaytya #PrayForTurkey #Kahramanmaras #Sanliurfa #AFAD
