Two major earthquakes originating in Turkey killed thousands of people there and in Syria, setting off a desperate race to rescue survivors from the rubble. Harrowing rescues and desperate searches for missing loved ones rippled on social media this week.
of those they knew in affected areas, imploring rescue workers to help. Some, displaced from their homes, voiced a sense of frustration and defeat.. “We are sleeping in the car. Still having tremors. Some of my childhood friends, my relatives are dead. Some are still missing. Gosh it’s so heavy.
Relatives from Istanbul have been sharing updates on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter, which Kayikci passes along to her father in a chain of information-sharing made possible by social media as regular phone lines are down.The 26-year-old doctor, who was born in Aleppo and grew up in the United Kingdom, was up late while visiting his parents in Lancashire.
Community Facebook pages gave Jian, hundreds of miles away, glimpses of the damage to his family’s village.
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