By: Demi Conteh
Authorities reported that more than 25,000 people were killed and tens of thousands were injured after a magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck Turkey and Syria on February 6th. The White Helmets volunteer group reported that rescue efforts in northwest Syria's rebel-held territories are over. A protracted civil war there has hindered relief efforts. A few days after the incident, the Syrian government gave the go-ahead to transport aid to the areas controlled by rebels. Turkish rescuers are still working to extricate lives from the wreckage, and there have been some horrifying success stories. However, some organisations Saturday halted rescue efforts because of security worries. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky paid homage to those who lost their lives as a result of the tragic earthquake that claimed the lives of more than 25,000 people by visiting the Turkish Embassy in Ukraine.
Sezai Karabas and his small daughter, Engul Karabas, were retrieved by rescuers in Gaziantep, Turkey, during the 132nd hour of their rescue operations on Saturday. The husband can be heard imploring with rescuers to look for his wife in a video obtained with CNN by its affiliate network, CNN Turk, whom he believes is still alive and trapped in a doorway. Karabas is heard pleading with the rescuers, "I'm forever in your debt," to help find his wife, whom he claims raced ahead of him when the earthquake struck on Monday. In a video sent to CNN at the same hour, rescuers in the province of Hatay extricated 34-year-old Ergin Guzeldogan from a subterranean hole.
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