Azerbaijani Victim Of Earthquake In Türkiye Shares Her Story
Date
2/13/2023 6:07:33 AM
(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) BAKU, Azerbaijan, February 13. The
building in which we lived collapsed before our eyes, said Ulviya
Hasanova, the victim of the earthquake that hit Türkiye on February
6, trend reports.
'Everything happened all of a sudden, around four
o'clock in the morning. The building collapsed right before our
eyes. I managed to wrap my six-month-old baby in a blanket and
barely get out of the building. I believe our situation would be
much worse if we hadn't arrived in Azerbaijan. I am very thankful
to the President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev, who created the
conditions for our arrival in Baku. We are currently under the
supervision of a doctor,' she said.
A total of 10 children (six boys and four girls)
affected by the earthquake in Türkiye have been delivered to
Azerbaijan. They are housed at the Scientific Research Institute of
Pediatrics. Upon completion of the checkups, the children, together
with their parents, will be sent to an orphanage under the Ministry
of Labor and Social Protection of the Population of Azerbaijan.
An earthquake with a magnitude of 7.7 hit southeastern
Türkiye on Feb. 6, 2023. The earthquake occurred at a depth of
seven kilometers in the Pazarcik region of Kahramanmaras Province.
The provinces of Hatay, Gaziantep, Kilis, Osmaniye, Malatya,
Adiyaman, Sanliurfa, Diyarbakir, Adana and Kahramanmaras were
subjected to severe destruction.
As many as 31,643 people have been killed, and 80,278
have got injured in the quake.
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