Emirati squad successfully rescues 2 men trapped in Kahramanmaraş for 9 days

Turkey: Colonel Khaled Al Hammadi, Commander of the Emirati Search and Rescue in Turkiye, has announced that the efforts of Emirati search and rescue squads succeeded, in cooperation with a French Rescue team, in saving two people in Kahramanmaraş, Türkiye as part of the UAE’s “Gallant Knight/2” operation to support the victims of the recent earthquake.

The two men are 19 and 21 years old, respectively, and were rescued nine days after they were buried under the rubble following the earthquake that struck Türkiye and Syria on February 6, 2023.

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Al Hammadi noted that the area is being surveyed by the police dog Unit (k9) of the Belarusian team, followed by another survey of the area by the Emirati team (k9) to ensure there are no other survivors.

He indicated that there is still hope of finding survivors.

He also pointed out that the rescue and search teams’ efforts have contributed to saving many lives during the past few days.

Rescuers continue to pull more survivors from the rubble, after one of the worst earthquakes to hit Türkiye and Syria, as Turkish authorities sought to maintain order across the disaster zone.

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is on the ground responding to the devastating impact of the two earthquakes that hit Türkiye and Syria recently. WFP has been delivering food assistance with plans to reach half a million people in the two countries. WFP had reached a total of nearly 64,000 people in urgent need in Syria and Türkiye within the first 72 hours.

WFP is providing ready-to-eat food rations, family food packages and hot meals. Food currently being distributed requires no cooking facilities and provides immediate relief for families battling freezing temperatures. In Syria, within the first 24 hours of the disaster, WFP distributed – through its cooperating partner’s kitchens – 4,000 hot meals in Aleppo. It has also provided the Syrian Arab Red Crescent (SARC) with enough ready-to-eat rations to feed 30,000 people, for distribution among affected families. 

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