A miracle. A dog was rescued from the ruins of Antakya 23 days after the earthquake that devastated this important city in southern Turkey, the local press reported Thursday.
The light-eyed dog, named Aleks, was imprisoned by concrete slabs that formed like a pit as it collapsed from the 7.8-magnitude quake that occurred shortly after 4 a.m. on February 6, according to footage from the broadcast of the rescue. by the Turkish news agency DHA.
in good health
It was the dog’s owner, Murat Arici, who heard her complaint and alerted a rescue team sent by the Konya municipality.
“Aleks, see my dog,” the rescuers say in the video.
“Well…well done, son,” they blurt out before they can grab the big, shaggy but seemingly healthy dog.
Aleks was placed in the care of an animal protection association to be examined before being returned to his master.
Rescuers have rescued hundreds of cats, dogs, birds, rabbits and even cows and sheep trapped in dilapidated buildings in southern Turkey. The last survivors, a couple, were discovered in Antakya on February 18.
Since then, searches have been officially suspended in nine of the 11 affected provinces, with the exception of Hatay and Kahramanmaras, where the epicenter was located.
The earthquake, considered the worst disaster ever in contemporary Turkey, killed more than 45,000 people and more than 5,000 in neighboring Syria, and devastated hundreds of thousands of buildings.
Source: BFM TV
