The tragedy of the powerful earthquake/ Survivors with their eyes on the ruins: I lost 11 family members

Alkan Ozhan, a resident of Adana in Turkey, a city that was hit hard by the devastating earthquake the day before. As he closely observes the work of the rescue team in the ruins of a building, he confesses that he has lost 11 family members, including his mother and father.

"My cousin's son, mom and dad, uncle, wife, nephew. All. We are feeling very bad"

He stated that only in that collapsed apartment, about 50 dead bodies were found.

"Buildings collapsed - many people died. Here, almost 45-50 people lose their lives, you see. Some of them managed to escape, but still 50 people did not manage to survive. "

Strong seismic tremors have brought down thousands of buildings. Rescue teams are on the ground to find as many survivors as possible, but their efforts are being hampered by sub-zero temperatures and aftershocks. Turkey has deployed more than 24,400 search and rescue personnel to the quake zone, as thousands of volunteers have joined them.