'On Thursday, 10 of his family were buried, uncles and cousins...'I just feel like I can't sit here and not do anything for them, I need to do something.'
A North Belfast woman says she can't sit by and do nothing after seeing her Turkish friend so badly affected by the devastating earthquake that hit Turkey and Syria on Monday.
Tragically, the death toll from the devastating natural disaster has passed 25,000 and work is still being carried out to rescue survivors from the rubble. "Over the years I've had many a holiday disaster where he and his wife have been there for me and I just thought I need to do something to help them."
"Their nephew was rescued 53 hours after it all happened, the family had been searching for him and at the minute he's in intensive care."
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