After hearing voices in the rubble, rescue workers found Osman. (file)
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A 14-year-old boy and two men were pulled out by Turkish rescuers nearly 11 days after a massive earthquake, a minister said today, as rescue efforts came to a halt.
Osman (14) was rescued 260 hours after a magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck Turkey’s southeast and Syria, Health Minister Fahrettin Koca said on Twitter.
He shared a picture of the teen with open eyes on a stretcher and said Osman had been taken to hospital in the quake-ravaged province of Antakya.
Anadolu state news agency reported that rescuers found Osman after hearing voices in the rubble.
An hour later, rescuers elsewhere rescued two men aged 26 and 33 in Antakya, Koca said, also sharing photos of the men receiving treatment from health workers.
The DHA news agency named the men as Mehmet Ali Sakiroglu, 26, and Mustafa Avasi, 33, and said they were rescued from the rubble of the same building.
“I’m fine, no problem,” AVC says during a call to a loved one in a video shared by Koka.
The unseen man on the other end of the line breaks in before the AVC asks, “How’s my mom and the others?”.
“They’re all right, they’re waiting for you,” yells the man on the other end of the line, and a small smile of relief appears on AVC’s face.
The earthquake has killed more than 41,000 people in Turkey and Syria, injured thousands of others and left millions without shelter in freezing temperatures.
Earthquake tremors were felt in 11 provinces of Turkey. Turkish officials have said that rescue operations have been completed in the three provinces of Adana, Kilis and Sanliurfa.
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