Boy's rescue five days after Turkish quake lifts hearts
By Jonathon Burch and Omer Berberoglu | China Daily | Updated: 2011-10-29 08:11
Ferhat Tokay, a 13-year-old earthquake survivor, rests at a hospital after being rescued in the eastern Turkish city of Van on Friday. Rescue workers pulled Tokay alive out of the rubble of an apartment block, five days after a powerful earthquake that killed 573 people. Ahmet Izgi / Anadolu Agency via Reuters |
ERCIS, Turkey - Rescue workers pulled a 13-year-old boy alive out of the rubble of an apartment block on Friday, five days after a powerful earthquake that killed at least 570 people in eastern Turkey.
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