Earthquake Disaster in Turkey and Syria: Homeless Survivors – “We Will Freeze Here”

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These rescues must work like miracles for the people on site: Almost three full days after the severe earthquakes in Turkey and Syria, people are still being rescued alive.

Rescue teams recovered a baby from the rubble of a collapsed building in Turkey's Hatay on Wednesday - almost 68 hours after the earthquake struck the city.

As the helpers reported, the child is healthy and is being cared for by doctors.

In the city of Gaziantep, a search team was able to track down this woman and, after 62 hours, salvaged her under the rubble.

Woman: »My relatives were with me.

As the earth shook, a concrete slab fell on me.

I fell to the ground."

Savior: "Did you hear her voice again?"

Woman: "No.

I have not heard anything.

I tried to touch her."

In Syria, too, rescues are still being made, like here in Dschindiris.

On the recordings you can hear the boy asking about his parents.

A rescuer tells him that his family is still buried under the rubble of the five-story building.

72 hours have passed since the earthquake on Thursday night.

This means that the period has passed after which the chances of surviving buried people are considered to be extremely low.

But the rescue teams in all parts of the huge disaster area are undeterred even on the third day after the quake and continue their search for survivors - although they and their families are often affected themselves.

In addition, helpers in both countries complain that there is a lack of equipment, expertise and support for rescuing those trapped.

The situation in Syria is particularly challenging: the Syrian ambassador to the United Nations admitted that the government lacked "skills and equipment", blaming the more than ten years of civil war in his country and Western sanctions.