A mother and her two-year-old daughter were among those pulled from collapsed buildings in Turkey yesterday as the search for survivors of a powerful earthquake went on. The magnitude 6.8 quake killed at least 36 people and injured more than 1,600 after shattering homes and neighbourhoods in eastern Turkey on Friday night. Ayse Yildiz, 35, and her daughter, Yusra, were saved from a collapsed apartment in the city of Elazig early yesterday. They had been trapped for 28 hours and were among 45 people pulled out alive, though Mrs Yildiz’s husband was killed. We will save you.” Mrs Yildiz replied: “Please get me out, I cannot stand it any more.

Source: The Times January 26, 2020 23:58 UTC