This is the moment a journalist in Turkey rushed a little girl to safety after a 'truly apocalyptic' earthquake hit.
Yuksel Akalan was reporting on the devastating tremor when two aftershocks struck in quick succession, covering terrified people and the streets in dust.He told viewers of Turkish news channel, A Haber: ‘As we were heading into the rubble to film search and rescue efforts there were two consecutive aftershocks with a loud noise and the building you are seeing on my left was brought down to earth.’
Mr Akalan later pointed out a mother evacuating with her young children before rushing to help, picking up one girl and moments later brushing dust away from her face.hit southern and central Turkey and parts of Syria in less than 12 hours. More than 2,300 people have died with almost 10,000 injured and hundreds unaccounted for – as fears grow the death toll will continue to rise.News reporter Yuksel Akalan seen carrying a girl away from the devastation The Ghanaian international, 31, is understood to have been with other players and staff from his current team, Turkish Super Lig side Hatayspor, when a building they were inside collapsed.
Everyone except Mr Atsu and the team’s sporting director, Taner Savut, have been rescued, according to local reports..Mr Erdogan said: ‘Because the debris removal efforts are continuing in many buildings in the earthquake zone, we do not know how high the number of dead and injured will rise. ‘Hopefully we will leave these disastrous days behind us in unity and solidarity as a country and a nation.’A team of search and rescue specialists from the UK is currently travelling to Turkey and is expected to arrive at 11pm GMT, foreign office minister, Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon, told the House of Lords.Get in touch with our news team by emailing us at
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