Finding survivors under the rubble is becoming increasingly unlikely. But even five days after the devastating earthquake, helpers can still save people. In Iskenderun, Turkey, for example, a two-month-old baby is freed.
According to a media report, more than five days after the devastating earthquake, a two-month-old baby was recovered alive from rubble in the eastern Turkish province of Hatay. The infant in the Mediterranean community of Iskenderun was buried under rubble for 128 hours before being pulled out and taken to a hospital, Turkey's state-run Anadolu News Agency reported.
Rescue workers were also able to rescue a nine-year-old boy from the rubble in Kahramanmaras in Turkey. The boy, named Ridban, was locked in a collapsed house for around 120 hours, the Israeli army said. He is the third member of a family to be rescued by the Israeli team, after his father and 14-year-old sister. His mother, on the other hand, was found dead.
The boy was rescued on Friday evening after a difficult operation that lasted more than 24 hours. Ridban was looked after by an Israeli pediatrician. After the rescue, the boy was taken to a hospital for further medical treatment.
The pediatrician said he got to the child through a kind of tunnel that the team dug. "You could see the boy's head and one hand, so I was able to give him an IV fluid and initial stabilization medication." Only then was he rescued.
A total of 19 people have already been rescued with the help of Israeli forces, the statement said. In the past few days, the country had sent more than 380 helpers to the country as part of the "olive branches" aid campaign, including doctors, nurses and paramedics from the Israeli Ministry of Health. On Friday morning, the military put a field hospital into operation in Kahramanmaras. The rescue work is a race against time: the critical survival limit for buried people is usually 72 hours. Israel had already provided aid after an earthquake in Turkey in 1999.
