Miners rescue young girl from 8 meters below after 90 hours
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17-year-old Gülsüm Yeşilkaya was rescued alive after 90 hours from a depth of 8 meters in the wreckage of an apartment building that collapsed in the earthquake in Adıyaman.
Miners of Turkish Hardcoal Enterprise from Zonguldak were also among the rescue teams working in the wreckage of the 7-floor Bereket Apartment. The teams heard Gülsüm's voice around 9:00 and rescued the young woman after 13 hours of work.
The teams used a method that is also used in the mines to rescue the young woman from 8 meters below in the wreckage.
Maraş Elbistan'da asansör kabininde kalan 4 kişilik aile ve farklı enkazda bir kişi 84 saat sonra çıkarıldı. Deprem bölgelerinin her yerinde arama kurtarma çalışmasında olan bütün kardeşlerimiz, madenciler var olsunlar. Helal olsun onlara. #deprem pic.twitter.com/wiwfXwarW5
— Bağımsız Maden İş (@bagimsizmadenis) February 9, 2023
Gülsüm Yeşilkaya was wrapped with a thermal blanket and pulled out of the debris. (AS/PE)
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