The earthquakes in Turkey and Syria devastated entire districts.
Under the rubble: a kitten.
Fireman Ali Cakas just manages to save it.
Since then it hasn't left his side.
The kitten spent a total of 129 hours among the rubble of a collapsed house in the city of Nurdagi in the Turkish province of Gaziantep.
While fireman Ali Cakas desperately searches for survivors, he discovers the helpless little creature.
Ali and his colleagues immediately take care of the black and white tomcat and provide him with water and food.
Firefighter rescues cat from rubble - now they're inseparable
The rescue team hopes to be able to rescue the cat's owner.
But unfortunately they are unsuccessful.
Ali decides not to leave the cat alone.
"We quickly became friends.
We both had a difficult time.
We will get through this trauma by hugging each other," he told the
Metro
portal .
When Ali leaves for his place of residence, which is around 400 kilometers away, he takes the cat home with him.
He gives it the name Enkaz (dt: rubble).
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Firefighter rescues cat from rubble - cat won't leave his side
The heartwarming images of fireman Ali and cat Enkaz amid the rubble of Nurdagi touch the hearts of people around the world.
Because Ali shares his rescue operation on Instagram and then reports almost daily on the progress the cat is making.
The Instagram account now has more than 35,000 followers and social media users from the UK, US, Chile and Argentina.
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The cat enjoys being with his new family.
He is particularly fond of cuddling together.
"My mother, my father, my brothers and sisters support me," says Ali.
We consider the cat as a member of the family.
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Firefighter saves a cat from the rubble – users on the internet are thrilled
The touching story spread like wildfire among animal lovers.
After all, despite all the losses and grief and pain, she at least conjures up a small smile on her face.
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Ali has received an incredible amount of praise and recognition for rescuing and then adopting the cat.
Users reacted to the photos with over 52,000 likes.
Here is a selection of the comments:
"Thanks.
I'm glad you adopted her!
She will bring you so much love and joy!
You'll see.
❤️❤️❤️"
“You and your cat are now my phone screensaver!
Every time I see the picture, it brings me so much joy!
❤️😻♥️"
“God bless you in everything you do.
Thank you for saving people and precious animals.
🙇🏼♀️"
"It's the cutest thing I've seen in a long time."
"Thank you for rescuing and later adopting Enkaz and the other animals!
It's so sad, but this is a little flame of life.
💜”
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