A mother and her six-year-old daughยญter were rescued alive from a collapsed house in the Turkยญish town of Kahraยญmanยญmaraล during the night. The response teams from the German aid orgaยญniยญzaยญtion @fire and the British aid orgaยญniยญzaยญtion SARAID worked tireยญlessly for almost 20 hours on the diffiยญcult rescue.
After two people were already rescued by @fireโs search and rescue team early Wednesยญday mornยญing, the mother and her child were located in the rubble of a collapsed buildยญing around 05:00 am. Thereยญupon a diffiยญcult rescue mission started in a race against time. In sub-zero temperยญaยญtures, mother and child were in danger of freezยญing to death.
For nearly 20 hours, disasยญter relief workยญers worked their way through the rubble. Using heavy equipยญment and manual labor, the task was to create a tunnel through the rubble in order to be able to rescue the mother and child. At 00:30 on Thursยญday night, the mother and her six-year-old daughยญter were rescued alive from the rubble.
Reinยญforceยญments for the @fire team, which departed from Frankยญfurt Airport on Wednesยญday evening, arrived at the airport in Adana during the night. The 20 addiยญtional helpers are now making their way to Kahraยญmanยญmaraล with a rescue dog.
This means that a total of 40 volunยญteers from the German aid organยญiยญsaยญtion @fire are now workยญing in the Turkยญish earthยญquake zone with three rescue dogs. Numerยญous other helpers support the mission in logisยญtics or in the home staff from Germany.
@fire - Interยญnaยญtionaler Katasยญtroยญphenยญschutz Deutschยญland e. V. is a non-profit civil protecยญtion orgaยญniยญzaยญtion that has been providยญing rapid emerยญgency aid worldยญwide followยญing devasยญtatยญing natural disasยญters since 2002. Responยญders are specially trained in wildยญland fireยญfightยญing (WFF) and search and rescue of buried victims after earthยญquakes (USAR). All of the more than 400 members are involved in national and interยญnaยญtional disasยญter relief on a volunยญtary and unpaid basis. The civil protecยญtion orgaยญniยญzaยญtion was clasยญsiยญfied as the worldโs first Light USAR Team by the United Nations Interยญnaยญtional Search and Rescue Adviยญsory Group (INSARAG) in 2021 and operยญates accordยญing to interยญnaยญtional stanยญdards. Fundยญing for operยญaยญtions, trainยญing, and equipยญment is primarยญily donor-funded.
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