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Rescue teams pull five members of a family from rubble, 129 hours after quake

Published: 11 Feb 2023 - 02:19 pm | Last Updated: 11 Feb 2023 - 02:22 pm
This handout satellite image courtesy of Maxar Technologies shows collapsed buildings in Antakya, Turkey on February 9, 2023. (Photo by Satellite image 2023 Maxar Technologies / AFP)

This handout satellite image courtesy of Maxar Technologies shows collapsed buildings in Antakya, Turkey on February 9, 2023. (Photo by Satellite image 2023 Maxar Technologies / AFP)

AP

Antakya,Turkey: Rescue teams in Turkey have pulled five members of a single family alive from the wreckage of their home, 129 hours after a powerful earthquake struck the region.

Rescuers on Saturday first extricated mother and daugher Havva and Fatmagul Aslan from among a mound of debris in the hard-hit town of Nurdag, in Gaziantep province, HaberTurk reported.

The teams later reached the father, Hasan Aslan, but the man insisted that his other daughter, Zeynep, and son Saltik Bugra be saved first, the station said.

Hasan was brought out last. Rescuers cheered and chanted "God is great!" as the man was transported into an ambulance.