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Survivors scream as desperate rescuers work in Turkey, Syria

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By MEHMET GUZEL and ZEYNEP BILGINSOY
Associated Press

ADANA, Turkey (AP) — Rescuers called out, “Slowly, slowly,” as they lifted a man inch by inch from between slabs of collapsed concrete Monday in the Turkish province that was the epicenter of a devastating earthquake. His neck in a brace, the barefoot man was carried on a stretcher as he emerged. Rescuers in Pazarcik in the province of Kahramanmaras held him aloft and ran off with him. It was among numerous rescue efforts that unfolded as darkness, rain and cold enveloped the region of Turkey and Syria that was rocked by a powerful 7.8 magnitude earthquake. At least 3,400 people were killed. Civilians joined rescuers in desperate efforts.

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