The volunteers were ready Monday night to fill a warehouse with as many medical supplies as possible.
The U.S. Geological Survey said the quake was 11 miles deep.
Thousands of buildings collapsed altogether – some of which stood for more than a millennium. Hospitals are overrun with the injured, and tens of thousands of people are suddenly homeless and being forced to brave near-freezing conditions. The destruction in Turkey and northwest Syria is hard to look at. It was even harder for Ismaail Aajoukah.And when the images of the earthquake's aftermath were unveiled, Aajoukah said:"I was very concerned. I was very – was super-worried.""They were all bruised and they all had some minor injuries," he said."My brother broke his leg."
So Aajoukah turned to the Syrian American Medical Society, or SAMS. The volunteer-based medical organization was already in the region. "So we're trying to get all the relief efforts to help them with getting more supplies; getting more donations," Atassi said.
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