'Miracle' Infant Twins Survive 40 Hours Beneath Rubble in Turkey

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February 7, 2023 at 8:31 p.m.

Infant twins survived a gruelling 40 hours underneath the rubble of a collapsed building in Gaziantep, Turkey, before being rescued by police on Tuesday, February 7.

Footage released by the Turkish Police Service shows both children being carried out from the ruins of a building. “Twin children were rescued about 40 hours after the wreckage of the collapsed building in Gaziantep,” police said, adding that the two were “miracle twins”.

The death toll from a powerful 7.8-magnitude earthquake and numerous aftershocks was nearing 6,000 in Turkey on Wednesday morning, according to state-run media outlet Anadolu Agency. Credit: Turkish Police Service via Storyful

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