A new baby and its mother have been rescued from the rubble in Turkey, about 90 hours after the first deadly earthquake on Monday.
A 10-day-old boy, named Yagiz, was taken from a damaged building in southern Hatay province.
Footage shows the child being carefully carried out overnight – a sight described by local media as a miracle.
Hopes of finding more survivors have dwindled amid cold weather four days after the disaster.
However, search and rescue efforts continue in neighboring Turkey and Syria – which were also hit by the quake.
Newborn Yagiz is pictured wrapped in a thermal blanket being taken to an ambulance to receive treatment.
His mother was taken out on a stretcher. There is no immediate update on the health of the two.
Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu – whose team was reportedly involved in the rescue – tweeted about the rescue, saying it happened in the city of Samandag.
Footage obtained by Reuters news agency also shows a man being pulled from the rubble, although it is not known if he is related to the other two.
More than 21,000 people have died – most of them in Turkey – after the 7.8-magnitude tremor early Monday morning and hundreds of aftershocks.
There are also fears of a secondary disaster, as many people are left homeless and without shelter, water, fuel and electricity.
Turkish President Recap Tayyip Erdogan has described it as the “disaster of the century”.
Source: BBC
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