Winners of the Survival Fight Against Time in an Earthquake

Winning the Struggle for Life Against Time in an Earthquake
Winners of the Survival Fight Against Time in an Earthquake

10-7,7 earthquakes with magnitudes of 7,6 and 96 affecting 116 provinces centered in Kahramanmaraş, which are described as the “disaster of the century”. Between hours, 98 people were rescued from the rubble.

Search and rescue teams continue their work in the earthquake area. The news of those rescued hours after the wreckage of the collapsed buildings brings joy to all of Turkey.

17-year-old Muhammed Adnan Korkut, who was under the rubble in Gaziantep during the earthquake on the day he was going to sign for Eskişehirspor, was rescued at the 96th hour and put his "second signature to life". Korkut was rescued with the work carried out in the wreckage of the Shadowler Apartment in Şehitkamil district in the city where the destruction took place.

In the works carried out after the sound of a baby was heard in the wreckage of the Huzur Apartment on Şehit Mehmet Duran Street in the Ürgan Paşa Mahallesi Şehit Mehmet Duran Street in the Antakya district of Hatay, the teams rescued 1,5-year-old Sela Elbarazi and her mother, father, brother and uncle 96 hours after the earthquake. The rescue team shed tears of joy as they handed Sela Elbarazi to the medical team.

Communication was established with 3-year-old Syrian national Fatma Karuş, during the work carried out in the wreckage of the demolished 26-storey apartment building on Ali Sezai Efendi Street in Kahramanmaraş. The young woman was taken out of the wreckage 14 hours after 96 hours of work with injuries.

In the 6-storey Kalkan Apartment in the Pınarbaşı District of the Dulkadiroğlu district of Kahramanmaraş, the teams rescued Alper Saçma, who was determined to be alive under the rubble, approximately 96 hours after the earthquake.

Semra Fırat (55), 96 hours later, was rescued from the wreckage of Kilis Apartment Building, which collapsed on Tevfik Temelli Street as a result of the work of AFAD teams in Yeşilyurt district of Malatya.

Teams carried out work in the wreckage of the Kule Apartment on 358. Street in the Saraykent District of Hatay and another building. 96 hours after the earthquake, the teams rescued 14-year-old Burak Driver from the wreckage of the Tower Apartment, and Keriman and his 4-year-old daughter Ela Dirlik, who were injured from the wreckage of the other building.

Detecting the sound coming from the wreckage of an apartment building in the Defne district of Hatay, the teams focused their work at one point. As a result of the work, the firefighters managed to rescue the earthquake victim Hüseyin from under the rubble after 98 hours.

Detecting the sound coming from the wreckage of the 6-storey apartment building in Hatay Merkez Odabaşı Mahallesi İsmet İnönü Street, the teams pulled out a 98-year-old girl with injuries, 16 hours after the earthquake.

Rescued After 100 Hours

A woman under the rubble in Adıyaman was reached right after 100 hours. In the rescue, where emotional dialogues took place, the teams addressed the woman as "mother" and stated that her name was "Ma'am" and asked, "Will you make us stuffed meatballs?" asked. The woman said to the teams, “I hope I can do it.” she replied.

In Gaziantep, Rize AFAD teams pulled a woman from the wreckage of the demolished Kurtuluş Apartment in Nurdağı district, 100 hours after the earthquake, after a long struggle.

A 8-year-old woman was rescued at the 32th hour of the earthquake by opening an 100-meter-long corridor in the wreckage of Gözde Sitesi in Kahramanmaraş Karapınar Mahallesi. In the footage of the moment the woman was reached, the team member said to the injured, “We are here, we are here. We'll get it out, by the grace of God, hold on a little longer. You've been here for 4 days, hold on for 1 more hour. We came. Not long now." sound in the form.

At the 600st hour, teams reached Hikmet Yiğitbaş, a 101-year-old civil engineer in the wreckage, in the destroyed 30 Residences Complex in the Güzelburç District of Antakya district. Yiğitbaş, who was pulled out of the wreckage, was carried to the ambulance with applause. During the work, the rescue worker Mustafa Aydın, who spoke to Yiğitbaş and promised to hug him when he was pulled out of the wreckage, rushed to the ambulance. Aydın kept his word by hugging Yiğitbaş on the stretcher.

Teams reached 32-year-old Sebahat Varlı and her 10-year-old son Serhat, who were in the rubble, in Cengizler Caddesi Hisami Apartment in Mevlana Halit Mahallesi, central Bağlar district, one of the destroyed buildings in Diyarbakır. Sebahat and Serhat Varlı, whose first interventions were made in the wreckage, were rescued at the 101st hour as a result of the studies.

Teams in Kahramanmaraş Bahçelievler Mahallesi reached the point where 15-year-old Ayfer was found, by opening a long corridor in the wreckage after life signs were detected by seismic sound listening. During the rescue, Ayfer said that she missed ice cream and wanted to listen to the song “Gül Beyaz Gül” by singer Zeynep Bastık.

The firefighters, who constantly talked to the child and asked questions to keep her conscious, made the young girl listen to the song “Gül Beyaz Gül” on her mobile phone and she survived the 10th hour after a 99-hour rescue by talking. The teams then rescued Ayfer's sister, 13-year-old Fatma, from the earthquake in the same wreckage at the 101st hour and handed her over to the medical teams.

Teams working on the wreckage of the apartment next to Reşit Gümüşer Primary School in Dulkadiroğlu district of Kahramanmaraş saved 9-year-old Zişan Kaya, who was a university student after about 28 hours of work, at the 101st hour of the earthquake.

Controlling the debris of a six-storey apartment building in Hatay Cumhuriyet Mahallesi, the teams determined that there was a sound coming from the ruins. As a result of intense efforts, the teams managed to get İhlas Ayaz and his son Yiğit alive 101 hours after the wreckage. While the mother and son were being handed over to the medical teams, the father, who watched the work, hugged and thanked the Turkish Hard Coal Institution Armutçuk Institution rescue team, who saved his family.

Search and rescue teams, continuing their work in Hatay's Armutlu District, located 8-year-old Tanem and her father Cem Okur, who were under the rubble. Father and son were rescued from the rubble 101 hours after the earthquake as a result of the work of the teams.

Search and rescue teams working on the wreckage of the building in Yaşamkent Sitesi, which was destroyed in the Besni district of Adıyaman, contacted 27-year-old Büşra Atalay Aslan. Aslan was taken to the hospital after the teams pulled him out of the rubble and took him on a stretcher 102 hours after the earthquake.

The rescue team, which went from Rize to Kahramanmaraş, pulled the mother Canan and her daughter Melike from the rubble of the apartment on Trabzon Street, 102 hours after the earthquake.

Hearing a 10-year-old girl and a woman's voice in the wreckage of the Turgut Reis Mahallesi Gürsoy Apartment in Adıyaman, the teams started a search and rescue operation. The teams, including the Spaniards, rescued the girl and the woman 102 hours later.

The team, who went from Çorum in Kırıkhan district of Hatay, managed to save 5-year-old Yiğit and 102-year-old mother Zehra Ceylan, 12 hours after the earthquake, from the debris of the building that collapsed next to the municipality building on the 32th day of the earthquake.

A dog search and rescue team from Uzbekistan in the central Antakya district of Hatay worked on the wreckage of the 4-storey Bayaslı Apartment Building in Cumhuriyet Mahallesi Aslı Ayan Street. The teams determined the location of the earthquake victim with thermal cameras and a Behind the Wall Radar device produced by a local company for the defense industry. Teams pulled Naim Bayaslı from the rubble 102 hours after the first earthquake. Bayaslı, who was moved to the ambulance with applause and takbirs, was taken to the hospital. Her cousin could not control her tears during Bayaslı's removal from the wreckage.

In the Elbistan district of Kahramanmaraş, the teams pulled 7-year-old Mustafa Sami Şahin from the wreckage of the 33-storey building of Yeşilyurt Mahallesi Kübra Sitesi, injured 12 hours after 102 hours of work.

The teams, who worked in the wreckage of the 5-storey Arzu Apartment in the Çay Mahallesi of Iskenderun district of Hatay, after a long struggle, the couple Yasemin and Kadir Oktay and their children Arda (15), Zilan (22), Helin (24) and Dilan Oktay ( 19) 102 hours after the earthquake, they were removed from where they were. After the rescue, the teams and the earthquake victims' relatives hugged each other.

Raziye and Hacı Murat Kılınç couple, who learned that they lived in the opposite apartment of the Oktay family, were rescued from their place 107 hours after the earthquake. The Kilinc couple waved to the people around as they were pulled out of the wreckage and taken to the ambulance on a stretcher.

In Gaziantep's İslahiye district, the teams communicated with 66-year-old Murat Vural in the wreckage of the Hacı Ali Öztürk Mahallesi Zaman Apartments B Block. After the work done, Vural was taken out of the wreckage as a result of 10 hours of work, injured 103 hours later. After Murat Vural was pulled out of the rubble, his son Şevket hugged him, and his daughter Nursefa called out, "We are here, dad, don't be afraid."

Teams and volunteers from Azerbaijan rescued 15-year-old Ayşe Mustafa, who was learned to be a Syrian national as a result of the work at the first floor level in the wreckage of Özdemir Apartment in Hayrullah District of Onikisubat district of Kahramanmaraş. Ayşe Mustafa, who was pulled out of the rubble in the 103rd hour of the earthquake, was taken to the hospital after the intervention of the medical teams.

A 3,5-year-old girl named Zeynep Ela Parlak was rescued from the rubble during the work carried out in the Cebrail District of Hatay's Antakya district. Zeynep Ela Parlak, who survived the 103rd hour of the earthquake, was transferred to the hospital after the first intervention of the medical teams.

Rescue teams working in the wreckage of a 6-storey building on Atatürk Street in Hatay's Antakya district said, "Does anyone hear my voice?" He heard the barking of dogs through the ruins to which they were calling. Concentrating on this point, the teams picked up the dog "Venus" and then the 35-year-old woman, whose name was Duygu, from where she was 103 hours after the earthquake. The teams handed over the earthquake victim woman to the health workers. The dog was given serum by the medical teams.

Ali İbrahim, 35, was taken out of the wreckage of the destroyed Barla Apartment in Kahramanmaraş Hayrullah District, 103 hours later, with injuries.

In Adıyaman, teams worked on the wreckage of Yavuz Selim Mahallesi Atatürk Boulevard Göçer Apartment. The teams pulled 60-year-old Eyüp Ak, who was under the rubble, from the rubble, injured 12 hours after the earthquake, after 104 hours of work.

Soldiers from the Izmir Bornova Commando Brigade's 4nd Battalion, who took out 15-year-old Syrian national Ahmet and his 8-year-old brother Muhammet İbrahim, injured in the wreckage of a 2-storey building in the Hayrullah District of Kahramanmaraş, heard a new sound during the search efforts in the same area. The teams, which determined the whereabouts of the children's father, 41-year-old Ali İbrahim, carried out a search and rescue operation. After about 1 hour of work, the teams took İbrahim injured 104 hours later. Ali İbrahim kissed the hand of Specialist Gendarmerie Murat Şahin, who was on duty in the rescue team, while he was going to be put into the ambulance. Şahin, who was not indifferent to this situation and was emotional, responded by kissing the earthquake victim on the forehead.

Osman Fırat, 47, who worked as a sergeant in Şırnak, was rescued from the wreckage of Hazal Apartment on Malik Ejder Street in Şazibey Mahallesi Malik Ejder Street in Onikisubat district of Kahramanmaraş, 104 hours after the earthquake. The Euphrates, which the teams were trying to pull out from the ruins, held the hand of the aid workers who were trying to calm him down, and recited the last two verses of Surat al-Baqara from the Qur'an. Fırat, who was injured from the wreckage and thanked the rescue teams, was taken to the hospital by ambulance after the first intervention at the scene by the medical teams.

A team of 63 people from the Turkish Grand National Assembly, who went to the region to contribute to the search and rescue efforts after the Kahramanmaraş-centered earthquakes, managed to save Fatma, a 14-year-old Syrian national, who they detected with a thermal camera from the wreckage of the destroyed building in Elbistan, 104 hours later.

In Hatay's Antakya district, teams rescued 3-year-old Yusuf Hussein and his 1,5-year-old brother Muhammed Hussein 20 minutes later, at the 7th hour, from the wreckage of the 105-storey house on Işık Street in Armutlu Neighborhood. During the rescue, Muhammed asked the teams for roasting and coke. "Find me, I'll buy you a roasted coke," said Mohammed, the leader of the rescue team, as he got into the ambulance. said.

At the Çınar Apartment on Sakarya Caddesi in Adıyaman, the teams managed to get 54-year-old Mehmet Ayhan Erdem alive 105 hours after the wreck, after a long struggle.

Two people, one of whom is a child, were found under the rubble of the 6-storey Furkan Apartment in Gaziantep's Nizip Fatih Sultan District. The injured, who were reached 2 hours after the earthquake, were taken to the hospital. A woman who was reached from the wreckage of the same apartment building 105 hours after the earthquake was taken to the hospital.

The teams intensified their work after the sounds came from the debris of the 5-storey building that was destroyed around the Niyazi Mısri Mosque in Malatya and reached a woman under the rubble. Search and rescue teams from China also supported the work of AFAD, UMKE and firefighters. Search and rescue teams experienced great joy when the woman, whose name was Yasemin, was pulled out of the wreckage alive after 105 hours. The injured woman was taken to the hospital in an ambulance accompanied by applause.

The person who was left in the wreckage of a destroyed building in Gaziantep's Nurdağı district was rescued 105 hours later.

In the 33010th hour after the earthquake, teams rescued the 38-year-old person named “Hüseyin” from the wreckage of a building between Onbaşı Osman Caddesi and 105. Street in Kahramanmaraş.

Working on the wreckage of a building in Kulla Mahallesi in Kahramanmaraş's Nurhak district, the teams rescued 105-year-old Elif Kazan 33 hours after the earthquake.

The Announcement of “Live, Thank God” Brings Joy

A 106-year-old girl was rescued 3 hours after the wreckage of a building in Akevler Mahallesi in Hatay's Antakya district.

The teams, who fell under the rubble with the support of construction equipment in the wreckage of the Çınar Apartment in the Provincial Mufti location in Adıyaman, reached Ayhan Polat. Polat, who was rescued 107 hours after the wreckage as a result of the long efforts of the teams, was given the first response here. The people around experienced great joy after the search and rescue team's announcement by the megaphone, "Thank God, is alive".

107 hours after the wreckage of the destroyed apartment building in the Akevler District of Hatay's Antakya district, an 11-year-old boy whose name was learned was Muhammed, was rescued.

Necip Nanua (4), a Syrian national, was rescued from the wreckage of the 31-storey Safa Apartment on the Kahramanmaraş Azerbaijan Boulevard, 108 hours after the earthquake, with the 5-hour work of the teams.

Firefighters, who heard the sound of the debris on Yavuz Sultan Selim Street in the General Şükrü Kanatlı District of Hatay, rescued the mother Neslihan (41) and her children Fatma (21), Münire (15) and Ramazan Karadeniz (7) alive at the 108th hour. Neslihan Karadeniz, 36, and her children Ramazan Musab, 6, 13-year-old Münire and 21-year-old Fatmanur were rescued from the rubble of an apartment building in the same neighborhood, and an old woman was rescued from the rubble of another building 108 hours later.

Selma Güneş, 62, was rescued 108 hours after the wreckage of a building in the Cebrail District of Hatay's Antakya district.

As a result of the work carried out on the wreckage of the Hamdibey Apartment in the Hayrullah District of Kahramanmaraş, 38-year-old Filiz Çiftçi was rescued from the wreckage with injuries after 108 hours. The farmer was taken to the hospital by ambulance.

The two girls who were under the rubble in Hatay were reached 109 hours later.

Working on the wreckage of a 5-storey building in Kahramanmaraş's central Onikisubat district, the teams rescued the person whose name was learned as "Kazim", approximately 108 hours after the earthquake.

Search and rescue teams in Hatay's Antakya district, General Şükrü Kanatlı Mahallesi, rescued Doğan and Temadur Konaç, aged 50, from the rubble 109 hours after the earthquake.

Working in the Bahçelievler District of Gaziantep's Nurdağı district, the teams rescued 9-year-old Miray Karataş from the rubble of Zirve Apartment at the 108th hour.

A woman named Leyla was found alive in the Elbistan district of Kahramanmaraş after 108 hours.

Rescued After 110 Hours

Tatvan Gendarmerie Commando Battalion Command officers, who went from Bitlis to Adıyaman to support search and rescue efforts, rescued 71-year-old Şevket Fırat from the wreckage at the 110th hour.

Working in the wreckage of the Hacı Ali Doğan Apartment in the Mustafa Kemal District of Hatay, the teams managed to save İzzet Bekir (110), 47 hours after the earthquake.

Working in the wreckage of the 7-storey Kurtuluş Apartment, which was demolished in the Atatürk District of Gaziantep's Nurdağı district, the teams rescued 32-year-old Mehmet Akbulut approximately 110 hours after the earthquake.

A 30-year-old foreign woman was rescued from the rubble of the building on Türkmen Başı Caddesi in the General Şükrü Kanatlı District of Hatay's Antakya district, 111 hours later.

5-year-old Saygın İzgi, who was buried under the rubble of the destroyed Merve Apartment in the Ali Taşar District of Adıyaman, was rescued 112 hours later.
Search and rescue teams, working on the wreckage of the 7-storey Anadolu Apartment on Trabzon Street in Kahramanmaraş, rescued Döne Gül Bitmiş, 46, after 112 hours.

Search and rescue teams in the Küçükdalyan Mahallesi Hacılar Sokak in the Antakya district of Hatay managed to save 112-year-old Vahit Öztürk 65 hours after the earthquake.

Search and rescue teams working in the Sabır Apartment in the Hayrullah District of Kahramanmaraş rescued 45-year-old Nur Bayraktar from the rubble at the 112th hour of the earthquake.

Working in the wreckage of the Huzur Apartment on Atalay Erdoğan Street in Gaziantep's İslahiye district, the teams removed 18-year-old Alihan Yılmaz with injuries at the 113th hour of the earthquake. Yılmaz was taken to the hospital by ambulance.

Working on the debris of the 9-storey building in Adıyaman, Yeni Mahalle, the teams contacted 38-year-old Meltem Ünsal. As a result of the work, Ünsal was removed from the wreckage with injuries. Unsal, who was rescued at the 114th hour of the earthquake, was taken to the hospital by ambulance.

Good News Arrived at the 115th and 116th Hours

Zahide Kaya, who was under the rubble and pregnant in Gaziantep's Nurdağı district, was rescued from the rubble of Zeynep Apartment on Hilmi Kutlubay Street at the 115th hour of the earthquake. It was stated that Kaya's 6-year-old daughter Kübra was also rescued about an hour before her mother.

As a result of the work carried out in the wreckage of the Emek Apartment in the city center of Kahramanmaraş, the young man in his 20s was rescued 116 hours after the earthquake.

Hülya Bayrak was rescued 116 hours after the wreckage of the destroyed apartment building in Fabrika Sokak in Hatay's Antakya district.

Mevlüt Nedirli, 116, who was removed from the wreckage of the destroyed Birgül Apartment in the Hayrullah District of Kahramanmaraş's Onikisubat district, 51 hours later, was handed over to the medical teams.

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