Rescuers pull girl from rubble four days after Turkey earthquake

Rescuers pull girl from rubble four days after Turkey earthquake
In this photo provided by the government’s Search and Rescue agency AFAD, rescue workers, who were trying to reach survivors in the rubble of a collapsed building, surround Ayda Gezgin in the Turkish coastal city of Izmir, Turkey, Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020, after they have pulled the young girl out alive from the rubble of a collapsed apartment building four days after a strong earthquake hit Turkey and Greece. The girl, Ayda Gezgin, was being taken into an ambulance on Tuesday, wrapped in a thermal blanket, amid the sound of cheers and applause from rescue workers. (AFAD via AP)

Rescuers in the Turkish city of Izmir have pulled a young girl alive from the rubble of a collapsed apartment building, four days after a strong earthquake hit Turkey and Greece.

Wrapped in a thermal blanket, the girl was taken into an ambulance on a stretcher to the sounds of applause and chants of “God is great!” from rescue workers and onlookers.

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