GAZIANTEP (Turkiye): Members of the Special Malaysia Disaster Assistance and Rescue Team (SMART) were struck by disbelief and shock when they discovered and rescued five members of a family who were trapped in the rubble of their residential building for the past six days on Saturday as a result of the devastating earthquake that hit this area.
SMART MAS-01 search and rescue operations officer Insp Muhamad Zul Khairi Idris said the cry of ‘takbir’ when the first victim - a teenage boy - was taken out at 1.20pm almost brought the team into tears.
One by one, the remaining victims were successfully taken out by 2.20pm in safe condition before being handed over to the local medical team.Muhamad Zul Khairi said his team of 24 members and a tracking dog had headed to the new search area following information from the reconnaissance team located 1.3 km from the national rescue team camp at Nurdagi Stadium at 11am local time .
"At first we expected there to be three victims, but after communicating through the Delsar equipment the victims said there were five of them trapped together in a room under the rubble," he told Bernama and Radio Television Malaysia here Saturday . Muhamad Zul Khairi said his team used special tools to cut the entangled concrete irons, while load-bearing struts were used to open a tunnel-like space to allow the rescue team to take out the victims.As of the time of reporting, the national rescue team has brought out 25 bodies and five survivors.
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