Boy, 13, pulled from quake rubble in Turkey

Rescuers working under floodlights, pulled a 13-year-old boy alive from the rubble of a collapsed apartment building today, more than 100 hours after a massive earthquake levelled buildings in eastern Turkey, killing at least 550 people.

Rescuers working under floodlights, pulled a 13-year-old boy alive from the rubble of a collapsed apartment building today, more than 100 hours after a massive earthquake levelled buildings in eastern Turkey, killing at least 550 people.

A picture by the state-run Anatolia news agency showed a rescue team carrying, Ferhat Tokay out of the debris, wearing a neck brace. In other pictures from a field hospital, he appeared conscious and looking at his rescuers.

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