The Portuguese team that collaborates in the search for survivors of the earthquake in Turkey managed to rescue a 10-year-old boy in Antakya this Saturday, reported the Secretary of State for Civil Protection.
“Unprecedented joy! On the third day of the mission, the Portuguese National Force in Turkey rescues a child trapped in the rubble alive! Years of training, exercises and formation… There is no better reward!” wrote Patrícia Gaspar, in his account on the social network Twitter, in a publication that shows an image of the rescue.
A publication by the National Emergency and Civil Protection Authority (ANEPC) on the Facebook social network detailed that the boy is 10 years old and the rescue was carried out in the town of Antáquia, Hatay region.
Today, the commander of the Portuguese team in Antakia had told Lusa that he had not yet found anyone alive in what is one of the cities most affected by the earthquake, but that he hoped “never die” until the time of the demobilization.
“Unfortunately, we have not yet found anyone alive. We have already seen many dead, but the goal is to find someone alive and rescue them,” said the commander of the Portuguese operation on the ground, José Guilherme.
There are 52 Civil Protection, National Republican Guard and EMS personnel on site, including six dogs, divided into two teams working around 12-hour shifts, working 24 hours a day in support of search efforts. and rescue, from the day they arrived. , Wednesday, in Antakya, in southeastern Turkey.
Syria and Turkey suffered an earthquake measuring 7.8 on the Richter scale early Monday morning, which was followed by several aftershocks, one of them measuring 7.5.
The death toll caused by the devastating earthquakes that struck Turkey and Syria amounts to 25,000, of which almost 22,000 were counted only in Turkish territory, according to the Efe agency.
Source: TSF
