Posted on 02/06/2023 12:18:08 PM PST by BenLurkin
A former World Cup star is believed to be trapped under the rubble of the deadly earthquake that hit Turkey and Syria early Monday...
Former Premier League member Christian Atsu, 31, is among the missing in Turkey, and has yet to be accounted for following the 7.8 magnitude tremor, News AU reported.
...Atsu plays soccer for the Turkish League team Hatayspor in the southern city of Antakya, which was decimated by the quake.
Many of his teammates have been rescued, but Atsu is still missing...
The Former Newcastle United winger had just scored a last-minute goal Sunday to lead Hatayspor to victory. He played for Ghana in the 2014 World Cup and won best player at the 2015 African Cup of Nations.
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Global warming and “Trimp’s Fault” earthquake fault line?
Big problem for the survivors is hypothermia in the cold temperatures.
Watched one video were a at least 5 story building pancaked. It was during the quake part you just know people were in the building.
Yikes
The death toll for this will grow exponentially. It is possibly even worse on the Syrian side of the border as refugees from the war there were crammed in high rise buildings that have been flattened and they have little resources for rescue operations.
I watched an ITV news report a few minutes ago that showed an entire city block of 12+ story buildings that collapsed in Turkey. Evacuation would be impossible in such circumstances and I imagine almost every occupant is in the rubble. The temperatures there will likely kill many who survived because cold air tends to settle in the same pockets where people might survive.
What a horror.
Shingles doesn’t care... And apparently, earthquakes don’t either.
I just heard on YouTube that they got him out, and to the hospital.
Sounds really bad in Hatay, I can only imagine how bad it is in Gaziantep, right near the epicenter.
Update, his remains have been found...
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/21385469/ex-premier-league-star-christian-atsu-dies/
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