Boy found alive under rubble
AFP, Ankara
A 16-year-old boy was pulled out alive yesterday from the wreckage of an 11-storey apartment block in the central Turkish city of Konya that collapsed five days ago, media reported. According to the semi-official Anatolia news agency, Muhammet Kalem was in good health and taken immediately to hospital. Kalem survived after being trapped in an air pocket between concrete blocks. The death toll from the building collapse rose overnight to 66 as rescuers pulled out four more bodies. Around 60 people were believed buried under the rubble of the building, which collapsed on Monday evening during a major Muslim festival when relatives and friends traditionally visit each other. Only 32 people have been pulled out alive since the tragedy, which has been blamed on shoddy construction.
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16-year-old boy Muhammet Kalem lays on a stretcher yesterday after being pulled out alive from the debris of an 11-storey apartment block in the Turkish city of Konya that collapsed five days ago. Kalem, who survived after being trapped in an air pocket between concrete blocks in the building's basemen, is in good health and was taken immediately to hospital, according to the Anatolia news agency.. PHOTO: AFP |
