VIDEO: Miracle girl, 3, pulled out from the rubble 91 hours after a powerful Turkey quake - GulfToday

VIDEO: Miracle girl, 3, pulled out from the rubble 91 hours after a powerful Turkey quake

  • 03 Nov 2020
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A four-year-old girl, Ayda Gezgin, is being pulled out from the rubble.

Niloufar Saleem, Gulf Today

 

A powerful earthquake, which hit western Turkey, in the Bayrakli district in Izmir, has left many injured and over a hundred killed.

 

 

The 7.0-magnitude earthquake caused a lot of destruction and building collapses, which in turn had a lot of people stuck in the rubble.

 

Amidst the pain and suffering of the people of Turkey due to the earthquake, a sigh of relief was the rescue of three-year-old Ayda Gezgin.

 

ayda12 Rescue workers surround Ayda Gezgin.

 

 

Ayda Gezgin was pulled from the rubble of a collapsed building after being stuck there for over 91 hours.

 

ayda13 The girl, Ayda Gezgin, was seen being taken into an ambulance on Tuesday, wrapped in a thermal blanket.

 

"We have witnessed a miracle in the 91st hour," Izmir mayor Tunc Soyer tweeted.

 

"Rescue teams pulled out four-year-old Ayda alive. Along with the great pain we have experienced, we have this joy as well."

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