Mehmet Gulluoglu, the head of Turkey’s Disaster and Emergency Management Authority (AFAD) speaks to reporters after a 14-year-old girl was rescued from the rubble early Monday, 58 hours after a magnitude 6.6 earthquake jolted the city of Izmir on Turkey’s Aegean Sea coast.
SHE WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL
After first aid was performed, Idil Sirin was taken to a local hospital.
Turkish teams rescue 14-year-old girl from debris after 58 hours WATCH
Turkey is among the world’s most seismically active zones as it is situated on several active fault lines. It has suffered devastating earthquakes in the past as well.
