Turkish children play “earthquake” with building blocks as they try to understand
Iskenderun, Turkey Reuters Turkish children left homeless by the massive tremor that struck Turkey and Syria last week have been learning to cope with what happened and their ongoing anxiety over aftershocks by playing ‘earthquake’ with building blocks, a teacher said. “They talk about the earthquake. They build blocks and say…’is this OK for earthquakes?’ […]
Turkey quake rescue teams comb through wreckage of Iskenderun hospital
Iskenderun, Turkey Reuters Rescue teams on Monday were searching through the wreckage of the state hospital in Iskenderun, Turkey, that was partly flattened by a huge earthquake that has already claimed almost 3,000 lives. As darkness fell, a wounded person was pulled out of the rubble and taken away on a stretcher. The rescuers climbed […]