• 3 days ago
The death toll from the devastating earthquake that hit Turkey and Syria has topped 11,000. But some are still being pulled from the rubble alive.
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00:00Cheers erupted in Syria as this entire family was pulled from the rubble after they spent
00:05more than 24 hours trapped.
00:10That's not the only harrowing story to emerge following the deadly 7.8 magnitude earthquake
00:15that struck Turkey and Syria on Monday.
00:18In Turkey, young twins were rescued by police after being trapped for 40 hours.
00:23Police dubbed them the Miracle Twins.
00:25Rescue workers also pulled a 70-year-old man out of a destroyed building after he'd been
00:29trapped for 56 hours.
00:32And another young girl was rescued in Syria after spending 40 hours in the rubble of her
00:36family's home.
00:37The Syrian Civil Defense called these rescues moments of hope in the midst of disaster and
00:42a true miracle.