“It took them about 20 minutes to reach that little life that returned a thread of hope to everyone,” said one of the Spanish members of the rescue team.
The Spanish marines have participated in the rescue of a 7-year-old boy alive this Friday and Saturday morning among the rubble of one of the buildings destroyed by the earthquake in Turkey, whose final extraction was carried out by a Turkish team , according to sources from the Ministry of Defense.
“The situation was a bit chaotic since it was the fifth day after the earthquake and theThe chances of finding someone alive decreased drastically“, reported the lieutenant of the Marine Infantry, Manuel González Baiges, from the 7th Company of the Second Landing Battalion.
The infantry was helping to clean up and remove debris from one of the buildings in the downtown area of Iskenderun when “a sound was heard” which was identified by the Turkish team. “We are the rescue team if someone hears me scream, if you can’t give three knocks around them,” the Turks said.
So, the rescue teams were able to save this child who was in the rubble: “It took them about 20 minutes to reach that little life that returned a thread of hope to all of us who were in the place”, said González Baiges.
The Spanish Navy ships ‘Juan Carlos’ I and ‘Galicia’ They left last Monday in the direction of the area affected by the earthquake in Turkey to help in the rescue work of people, in addition to two planes, one from the Military Emergency Unit (UME) and another with firefighters from the Community of Madrid.
The devastating earthquake in Turkey has left at least 20,665 dead, in which the number of injured is 80,088 people, according to the latest official balance this Saturday.