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Turkiye quake: Six days survivor kid wishes for ice cream, water
He said: “I am very thirsty”.
Ankara: A nine-year-old boy identified as Semih Ege Ince was rescued and pulled out alive of the debris after six days from Turkiye earthquake in Gaziantep province wished to have strawberry ice cream and five gallons of water.
According to Turkish Media, when the rescue personnel asked the child, if he could drink all the water”? To which he replied: “Yes, I am very thirsty”.
The death toll from the 7.8 magnitude earthquake that hit Turkey and Syria on February 6 has exceeded 37,000, while rescue efforts are still ongoing.
While thousands of people and children lost their homes and families in the earthquake, nature blessed many with a second life.