Earthquake in Turkey｜Hong Kong search and rescue team heard the sound of people under the rubble and climbed into the rubble 6 meters deep to rescue 3 people

In the early hours of last Monday (6th) local time, a 7.8-magnitude earthquake hit the border between Turkey and Syria. Day) successfully rescued 3 survivors.

The commander of the search and rescue team, Yu Wenyang, and other personnel accepted a video interview with Hong Kong media this afternoon (12th), pointing out that at that time they received help from local residents to help rescue people. After hearing a clear voice under the rubble, the whole team was very excited. They sent personnel under the rubble to assess the injuries of the survivors, and finally successfully rescued 2 male survivors and 1 female survivor from the 6-meter-deep rubble.

Yu Wenyang said that after the Hong Kong government received a request from the Turkish authorities to send a rescue team to the earthquake-stricken area of ​​Turkey to assist in the search and rescue, the Security Bureau, the Fire Services Department, the Immigration Department and the Department of Health immediately formed a 59-member support team. ) departed for Turkey and arrived at a stadium in Hatay Province last Friday, where he was stationed with the Chinese National Rescue Team and participated in a meeting of the United Nations State Rescue Team. On the evening of the same day, he was assigned to search and rescue a residential area for 4 hours, but no survivors were found.

As of about 10:00 a.m. local time yesterday, the SAR search and rescue team went to another residential area to search and rescue. At about 5:30 p.m. in the evening, a resident near the search and rescue area called for help, saying that someone was suspected of being trapped in the rubble in the distance.

The search and rescue team dispatched personnel to the scene at any time and found that a dredger was removing rubble at a depth of 6 meters. The safety officer immediately assessed the environment and stopped the excavation. Later, he clearly heard someone under the rubble. After confirming that there were injuries, he immediately confirmed the location of the other party and Depth from the ground, formulate a rescue strategy, dig a rescue channel without affecting the rubble structure, send a rescuer to touch the injured, assess the injury and provide initial treatment, and finally successfully rescued 3 survivors at the same location, after stabilizing the injury Moved from the scene to an ambulance.

Although the SAR search and rescue team is located adjacent to the national search and rescue team, Yu Wenyang pointed out that the rescue of the three survivors was carried out by the SAR search and rescue team alone.

According to the footage provided by the Fire Services Department, in addition to personnel personally entering the rubble to rescue people, several personnel from the Fire Department’s Collapse Search and Rescue Team (USAR) and other personnel knelt on the rubble and first rescued the first girl. After putting on the warm blanket, other personnel helped to carry it away.

After that, they used tools to help cover the bodies of the two male survivors who were still to be rescued, so as to prevent them from being further scratched by sand and stones, and then used long backboards to help pull them out one by one. Some search and rescue team members passed through the rescue passage under the rubble Climbing out, the comrades beside him did not forget to remind him to "protect his (survivor's) head, poor man".

The three survivors were not seriously injured when they were rescued, and they were conscious.

Yu Wenyang recalled that when he learned that there were injured people under the rubble yesterday and heard their clear voices, the search and rescue team "the whole team was very excited"; what moved him most was the local ambulance team, different organizations, and the residents present , all spontaneously formed a human chain to help clear away the iron branches and other sundries on the route for transporting the injured. Once someone "badly positioned" obstructed the rescue, some people would take the initiative to remind them to make way, "It can be seen that everyone is united to do a rescue action," he was impressed.

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