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Turkey-Syria earthquake: Thousands offer to adopt baby pulled from the rubble
BBC ^ | 02/09/2023 | Merlyn Thomas & Nawal al-Maghafi

Posted on 02/09/2023 5:08:50 PM PST by BenLurkin

Thousands of people have offered to adopt the baby girl who was born under the rubble of a collapsed building in north-west Syria, following Monday's earthquake.

When she was rescued, baby Aya - meaning miracle in Arabic - was still connected to her mother by her umbilical cord.

Her mother, father and all four of her siblings died after the quake hit the town of Jindayris.

Aya is now in hospital.

"She arrived on Monday in such a bad state, she had bumps, bruises, she was cold and barely breathing," said Hani Marouf, the paediatrician looking after her.

She is now in stable condition.

Videos of Aya's rescue went viral on social media. Footage showed a man sprinting from the collapsed debris of a building, holding a baby covered in dust.

Khalil al-Suwadi, a distant relative, who was there when she was pulled to safety, brought the newborn to Dr Marouf in the Syrian city of Afrin.

(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.com ...


TOPICS: Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: 20230513; earthquake; earthquakes; gaziantep; quake; quakes; syria; turkey

1 posted on 02/09/2023 5:08:50 PM PST by BenLurkin
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To: BenLurkin

May that baby find a loving home with loving parents.


2 posted on 02/09/2023 5:49:34 PM PST by No name given (Anonymous is who you’ll know me as. )
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To: No name given

The Universe obviously wanted this baby to live. Amazing story.


3 posted on 02/09/2023 6:03:33 PM PST by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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