A 17-year-old girl was pulled out alive Thursday from the rubble in Turkey — 11 days after a powerful earthquake devastated a region where similar rescues have become far more rare.
Astonishing footage showed the teen, rescued in Turkey’s southeastern Kahramanmaras province, wrapped in a gold-colored thermal blanket being carried on a stretcher to an ambulance.
Since the disastrous Feb. 6 quake, rescues have dwindled drastically in recent days as the death toll across Turkey and Syria nears 42,000.
Over 36,000 people in Turkey were killed in the earthquake, while in neighboring Syria, 5,800 deaths have been reported.
Neither country has said how many people are still unaccounted for.
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