According to a media report, more than five days following the devastating earthquake, a two-month-old baby was recovered alive from rubble in the eastern Turkish province of Hatay. The infant in the Mediterranean community of İskenderun was buried under rubble for 128 hours before being pulled out and taken to a hospital, Turkey’s state-run Anadolu News Agency reported on Saturday.
Although the actually critical 72-hour window for the rescue of those buried under has long since closed, survivors are still being found under the rubble in the disaster region in the Turkish-Syrian border area. The number of dead is now officially at almost 25,500 people.
