The Spanish Marine Corps participated in the rescue efforts of a 7-year-old boy alive, whose final excavation was carried out by a Turkish team, among the wreckage of one of the buildings destroyed by the earthquake in Turkey this Friday and Saturday morning. Ministry of Defense resources.
“Since it was the 5th day of the earthquake, the situation was a bit complicated.Chances of finding someone alive are greatly reduced“, Marine Corps Lieutenant Manuel González Baiges of the 7th Division of the Second Landing Battalion.
The infantry was helping to clear and remove the wreckage of one of the buildings in downtown Iskenderun at the time. “a voice was heard” It was detected by the Turkish team. “If someone hears me screaming, if you can’t hit them three times, we are the rescue team,” the Turks said.
So the rescuers were able to save this child who was trapped under the rubble: “It took them about 20 minutes to reach that little life. It gave a glimmer of hope to all of us there,” said González Baiges.
This Spanish Navy ships ‘Juan Carlos’ I and ‘Galicia’ Departing for the earthquake-affected area in Turkey last Monday to assist in the rescue efforts, the teams set off in two planes, one with firefighters from the Military Emergency Unit (UME) and the other from the Community of Madrid.
According to the latest official balance sheet this Saturday, at least 20,665 people were killed and 80,088 injured in the devastating earthquake in Turkey.