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Summary Rescuers Friday pulled a 12-year-old boy from rubble of Turkeys earthquake after at least 100-hour.
The end of Ferhat Tokay’s 108-hour ordeal gave fresh hope to rescue crews who have been working round the clock in sub-zero temperatures, while concerns deepened about the plight of survivors.Hopes of finding more people alive in the rubble had been fading fast before the rescue of 18-year-old Imdat Padak late Thursday, followed a few hours later by Ferhats, both in the worst-hit town of Ercis where scores of buildings collapsed.Television footage showed a rescue worker shading Ferhats eyes as he was brought to the surface to protect him from the floodlights used by the emergency teams. Both of the young survivors were rushed to a field hospital in Ercis and later airlifted by helicopter to nearby hospitals for further treatment, media reports said.According to the latest update from the governments emergency service, 187 people have been pulled out alive from the debris. The unit said that a total of 2,680 had been injured by the 7.2 magnitude quake which ripped through eastern Van province.
