With her arms crossed across her chest and her eyes shielded from the sudden light by dark glasses, Kahraman remained still as she was strapped into the stretcher. As she watched, her younger sister Zuebeyde gave a member of the German International Search and Rescue (ISAR) team a hug.
In Turkey on Friday, a 40-year-old woman was rescued alive from the fallen building.
After carefully transporting 40-year-old Zeynep Kahraman on a stretcher past shattered concrete blocks and twisted metal into an ambulance in the town of Kirikhan, rescue team leader Steven Bayer was quoted by Reuters as saying, “Now I believe in miracles.”
Soon after she was extracted from the debris after 104 hours, cheers were heard.
The people are crying and embracing one another, as you can see. The fact that this woman emerged so fit in such circumstances is such a huge relief. He declared, “It’s an absolute miracle.”
With her arms crossed across her chest and her eyes shielded from the sudden light by dark glasses, Kahraman remained still as she was strapped into the stretcher. As she watched, her younger sister Zuebeyde gave a member of the German International Search and Rescue (ISAR) team a hug.
Monday’s magnitude 7.8 earthquake in Turkey and Syria left more than 22,000 dead and tens of thousands injured.