VIDEO: Trapped horse rescued from rubble after 21 days in Turkey
A combo image shows the horse being rescued from the rubble in Adiyaman, Turkey.
In a jubilant scene, a trapped horse was rescued from earthquake rubble after 21 days in Turkey.
Turkish Entrepreneur Tansu Yeğen on Twitter shared a video of the rescue operation.
Tansu wrote, “Amazing amazing amazing… In Adiyaman, a horse found alive in the rubble of a building 21 days after the earthquake was rescued by the teams👏👏👏 #earthquake #horse #turkey #adiyaman.”
The video showed rescue team working together to save the animal.
Turkish media said Adiyaman was one of the provinces that suffered extensive damages in the Feb.6 earthquake.
Turkish authorities said that the horse was trapped under the rubble of a collapsed building since Feb.9.
Social media users were quick to react to the video, calling the survival a pure miracle.
A Twitter user Linda said, “It really is a miracle that life is precious and the horse didn't give up.”
Seamus Murphy wrote, “Not trying to be cynical here but who groomed the horse before they dug him out. And who fed and watered him for 21 days? There’s no way a horse can survive that long without water at least.”
Mubarak Mansoor said, “How is that even possible! Can’t believe my eyes!”
The devastating earthquake that struck Turkey and Syria killed more than 50,000 people.
On Monday, A fresh 5.6 earthquake shook southern Turkey, three weeks after a catastrophic temblor devastated the region, causing some already damaged buildings to collapse and killing at least one person, authorities said.
More than 100 others were injured as a result of the earthquake which was centered in the town of Yesilyurt in Malatya province, Yunus Sezer, the chief of the country’s disaster management agency, AFAD, told reporters. More than two dozen buildings collapsed.
