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Found by relatives digging through the rubble with their bare hands
The miracle of the newborn who survived under the rubble, doctor: "Now she is fine, but she is alone in the world"
The video of the little girl rescued in Jandairis, Syria. The uncle: "We found father and mother dead, then a cry: it was her". At Tg1 the story of the girl who was born twice
09/02/2023
Report by Monia Venturini, Tg1
A real miracle, after the devastating earthquakes in Turkey and Syria: in Jandairis, a Syrian city, a newborn with the umbilical cord still tied to her mother (deceased), was extracted alive from the rubble by relatives, who dug with their bare hands in what remained of a house crumbled by the tremors of the earthquake.
Then the hospitalization, the pediatrician who treated her says: "She had a frostbite principle now she is fine: she weighs 3 kilos and is strong, but she is alone in the world".
His mother, father and three other children have died. The story to Tg1 of an uncle: "We cut the cord and my cousin immediately took her to the hospital".
His story is going around the world in a video on social media that immortalizes the moments of the discovery: a man who takes away the newborn covered in dust in the rubble, while another throws a blanket to protect her from the very low temperatures. And a third person screaming, looking for a car to go to the hospital, in the nearby city of Afrin, where the little girl had been placed in an incubator, with her forehead and fingers still bluish from the bitter cold. But he will make it, his condition is stable, doctors assure.
The hope and reward for those who have been digging continuously for almost 48 hours also comes from Idlib, where two brothers were extracted alive after a 17-hour nightmare under the blanket of debris that swallowed their home. The largest protected the smaller until rescuers arrived. Many stories often similar but extraordinary, which also come from Turkey: in Nizip, a district of Gaziantep about 30 kilometers from the epicenter of the earthquake, a woman and her three children were pulled out of the remains of a building 28 hours after the earthquake. The four survivors were found during the inspections that the firefighters are doing together with the volunteers.
"Come, everyone is waiting for you. It's like a slide, little one," a rescuer told another girl rescued in Hatay province, dragging her gently by her feet and helping her out. Many stories, many related to children, victims of a tragedy greater than themselves. They are the most fragile and vulnerable victims of a tragedy that especially in Syria adds to the drama of war. "There is a risk that many will remain alone," explains Andrea Iacomini, spokesman for Unicef Italy. "The damage to facilities such as schools, health centers, water, water supplies is far-reaching. There are reports of deaths and injuries among children in Syria who continue to face one of the most complex emergencies in the world". According to UNICEF, two-thirds of the population is in need of humanitarian assistance due to the worsening economic crisis.