A dog named Alex was rescued more than 22 days after being trapped in the rubble due to the Turkish earthquake on February 6.
“Surviving 22 days in the rubble without eating or drinking is truly a miracle,” Osman Polatsaid, an animal rescue worker with Haytap, told Turkey’s Anadolu news agency .
Although many reporters of the media contacted, but representatives of the organization Haytap still refused to talk about the rescue of the husky dog mentioned above.
Alex was given water to drink by rescuers shortly after coming out of the wreckage. Photo: Anadolu
Rescue workers pat Alex the dog rescued after more than 22 days trapped in the rubble of the earthquake disaster in Türkiye. Photo: Anadolu
And Osman Polatsaid, who personally pulled the dog out of the wreckage, said Alex looked thin but was overall “in good health”.
The dog’s owner called Haytap after hearing its barking coming from the rubble of a collapsed two-story building in Turkey’s Hatay province.
In the video of the rescue Alex can be seen rescuers had to get between two concrete blocks to pull the animal out. Alex the dog was given water and petted shortly after escaping the rubble.
In the video of the rescue Alex can be seen rescuers had to get between two concrete blocks to pull the animal out. Alex the dog was given water and petted shortly after escaping the rubble.
“Not everyone is as lucky as Alex. There are many other animals trapped under the rubble, many buried for a long time,” – rescue worker Zinnet Patan, 49, shared with the media. local communication.
The BBC reports that around 50,000 people were killed in the devastating earthquakes in Turkey and Syria. The 7.8 magnitude earthquake also left thousands of people still missing. Rescue missions for people as well as animals have continued since the first quake on February 6.
