Amazing, a three-year-old girl is pulled alive from the wreckage of a collapsed building in Turkey after spent 65 HOURS buried in the rubble, making her the 106th person to be found alive.
This is the incredible moment when the hero rescuers in Izmir pulled little Elif Perincek from the wreckage of the Doğanlar apartment block.
As cited News24xx.com from DailyNew, Izmir bore the brunt of destruction from the 7.0 magnitude quake that tore through Turkey and Greece.
As a result, at least 20 buildings and sparking a mini-tsunami that swept piles of cars and debris inland, adding to the chaos.
Incredible footage shows the moment Elif is rescued after spending almost three days trapped inside the hellish mess of bricks, dust and bodies.
The crowd bursts into rapturous applause as the little girl is found alive, as tearful rescuers shout in delight and Elif is pulled from the rubble on a stretcher.
She tightly clasps one of the rescuers’ thumbs in her tiny fist as she is then taken carried into an ambulance and taken away for treatment.
Elif’s mum, Seher Dereli Perinçek, and her 10-year-old twin siblings Ezel and Elzem were also rescued. But, her seven-year-old brother, Umut, did not make it.
Turkey’s Health Ministry has released pictures of the youngster resting up in her hospital bed, clutching a pair of bright pink fairy wings.
Shortly before the family was found, rescuers also pulled a 14-year-old to safety after they spent 58 hours trapped beneath the flattened apartment building.
Earlier search and rescue teams pulled Ahmet Citim, 70, out alive after he also had been buried under rubble for 34 hours.
Video shows the moment he was taken out of the ruins of a building in Izmir in the middle of the night after the strong quake struck the Aegean.
