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On February 6, 2023, a devastating 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck southern Turkey, centered in the Pazarcık district of Kahramanmaras province. It turned cities and historical landmarks to rubble, with few buildings efficiently protected against quakes, despite Turkey sitting along several fault lines. Within nine hours, a second 7.5 magnitude earthquake hit. The events claimed around 50,000 lives and affected around 16 million people, including 1.8 million Syrian refugees. Ten cities were destroyed, and thousands of people were left trapped under the rubble calling for help. Rescue efforts were delayed, leading to heavy criticism of the government, and international teams flew in to help. A rescue team from Ukraine when they arrived at the ruins in the first week of the quake, they found people trying to pull out their relatives with their bare hands. Like Syrian immigrant Adil here, He came to the city center to take out her relatives dead body from the rubbles. He didn't have any contact with any rescue teams so far and he didn't have any tools with him. Ukrainian rescue team help them and took out the bodies from the rubbles that they could bury them.