Assalah Shikhani fled the war in Syria 12 years ago and came to Turkey as a refugee. But now, she and her family are among hundreds of thousands of people left homeless by the earthquakes. She shared her story with MorningEdition.
On Thursday, Shikhani spoke with Morning Edition's Leila Fadel from Antakya, Turkey. She said she had not seen any help and people were still under the rubble of collapsed buildings.Shikhani and her family have no place to stay. The group has 12 women and eight children, including babies. She called her employer for help and said they were coming to take her to Reyhanli, another city in Turkey.
And it was heavy, heavy, heavy rain, and cold. So I take all my daughters, and my brother's wife, his kids, my dad and my mom to the park. And then went back with my brother to get my two aunts, they are old, out of the building. We put them on our back and take them out. In Antakya, nothing here. Nothing. We don't see any people. We don't know what happened. We don't know the news. We don't know where we have to go. There is no police, no rescue teams. Even for medical issues, we don't have centers. Nobody tells us what to do.What the people did, they went to the markets. They ruin the doors and take out everything inside. Just to eat. We're forced to do that.All the kids, they are crying. They need milk. There is no milk. No blankets...
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