Rob Davis of Search and Rescue Assistance in Disasters told Sky News about the pockets of hope amid the devastation in Turkey following the devastating earthquake
'Eerie' silence helped find trapped teen
Twenty-four hours later, the team's second rescue - this time they were called to assist a local Turkish team who needed their technical sound location equipment."It was quite eerie, really. You could hear a pin drop," Mr Davis said.Once they had located the noise, the local team set to work on getting to the trapped person.
"They lifted this massive piece of concrete off this collapsed building and underneath was Iqbal, a 15-year-old. You could just see the head, the hair, and the rest of her was trapped by the legs," Mr Davis said.'Bitter' conditions amid miracle rescue efforts They initially thought her legs had been crushed, but she was just pinned in place, suffering from dehydration but with no major injuries.
It was the bed frame that saved her - both by protecting her from the collapsing building and giving her something to bang against, that alerted the rescue team to her location, 110 hours after the earthquake.She kept asking for her mum, Mr Davis said, but they weren't able to detect anyone else alive in the ruins.
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