Earthquake in Turkey & Syria: A young boy rescued from under rubble using WhatsApp location

• Boran Kubat was rescued from under the rubble of an apartment building in eastern Turkey.
• Rescuers found the family and pulled Boran and his mother from the rubble.
• According to Boran, it took his pals four to five sledgehammer swings to locate their exact location.

After sharing his location in a video appeal on WhatsApp, a 20-year-old student named Boran Kubat was rescued from under the rubble of an apartment building in eastern Turkey. While visiting family in Malatya, Boran, and his mother, both from Istanbul, were shaken by the twin earthquakes.

The family had returned to the building after surviving the morning’s first earthquake, which caused the structure to collapse in the subsequent quake of 7.5 magnitudes. While trapped with his family beneath the apartment’s debris, Boran realized he could notify friends via social media on his smartphone.

In a video message sent on WhatsApp, Boran begged for assistance and provided their address. He said, “Whoever reads my WhatsApp status, please come and help. Please send help to save us right away. Rescuers found the family and pulled Boran and his mother from the rubble.

According to Boran, it took his pals four to five sledgehammer swings to locate their exact location. This was revealed to Turkish news outlet Anadolu Agency. He further stated that his grandma and uncle were still captive.

Desperate earthquake survival used Instagram and Whatsapp to plead rescuers to find him and his family.#TurkeySyriaEarthquake pic.twitter.com/oS65LYeFew

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Victims trapped in the earthquake-stricken areas of Turkey and Syria have inundated social media with desperate pleas.

A YouTuber by the name of Charmquell aka Firat Yayla was reportedly rescued from Hatay’s downtown Antakya area as a result of posting a video of his address on Instagram stories, according to AlJazeera. Later, he provided an update, mentioning that his mother was still trapped beneath the slab of concrete.

The US announced an initial emergency relief package at $85 million on Thursday. According to Reuters, the death toll reached 20,000 on Thursday, and after more than three days of rescue attempts following the catastrophic seismic occurrences, the prospects for finding additional survivors were dim.

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