Videos show extraordinary rescues in Syria in the earthquake's dire aftermath
Hope is fading for finding survivors after Monday's devastating earthquake. But widely shared footage of volunteers pulling people alive from rubble in northwest Syria has lifted spirits.
by Aya Batrawy
Feb 09, 2023
2 minutes
Updated February 9, 2023 at 12:10 PM ET
The crowd chants "Allahu akbar," Arabic for God is Great. Volunteers and civil defense groups — themselves earthquake survivors — pull a boy out from the rubble alive in rebel-held northwestern Syria.
He's the only member of his family to survive the that rocked parts of his country and Turkey on
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