Miraculous Rescues Continue in Turkey and Syria as Death Toll from Devastating Earthquake Reaches 35,000

Rescuers in Turkey and Syria have been working tirelessly to save victims of the devastating earthquakes that struck the region last week. On Tuesday, they pulled an 18-year-old boy and a man alive from the rubble, a day after they saved a 10-year-old girl believed to have been buried for around 185 hours.

The death toll from the magnitude 7.8 and 7.5 quakes that struck nine hours apart on Feb. 6 in southeastern Turkey and northern Syria has passed 35,000, and is expected to increase as search teams find more bodies.

Rescue teams in southern Turkey are still hearing voices from under the rubble more than a week after the earthquake, providing a glimmer of hope of finding more survivors. Live images broadcast on CNN affiliate CNN Turk showed rescuers working in two areas of the Kahramanmaras region, where they were trying to save three sisters believed to be buried under the debris.

The rescue efforts have been ongoing since the earthquake struck, and the teams have worked to reach people under the rubble in three provinces. In Adiyaman province, rescuers reached 18-year-old Muhammed Cafer Cetin, and medics gave him an IV with fluids before attempting a dangerous extraction from a building that crumbled further as rescuers were working.

The rescue teams have been praised for their tireless efforts to save lives in the wake of the devastating earthquake. The search for survivors continues as the death toll continues to rise.