A video of a newborn seeing the light under the rubble of the devastating earthquake

The pioneers of social networking shared a touching video of the rescue of a child, who was born under the rubble of a building destroyed by the earthquake that struck Turkey and Syria on Monday.

In the video, which was circulated by many social media pioneers, a group of men work to rescue people stuck in a building, until one of them pulls a newborn baby from under the rubble.

أم مهجّرة من #دير_الزور تلد طفلها ثم تموت مع عائلتها بأكملها في ريف حلب جرّاء #الزلزال pic.twitter.com/1RM2N6XKHO

— دِمشْقّيِ الهَوىٰ 🇵🇸 𓂆 (@dimashqi_alhawa) February 6, 2023

According to the comments on the video, it was filmed in one of the rural areas of Aleppo, which was severely affected by the earthquake that struck both Syria and Turkey on Monday, with a magnitude of 7.8 on the Richter scale.

The video did not clarify the fate of the child’s mother, but a number of comments said that she died immediately after giving birth.
devastating earthquake victims

In Syria, at least 1,444 have been killed and some 3,500 injured, according to figures from the Damascus government and rescue workers in the opposition-held northwest.
The Turkish Disaster and Emergency Management Authority said in its latest statement that about 8,000 people were rescued from 4,758 buildings destroyed in the earthquakes recorded the previous day.
The head of the administration, Yunus Sezer, added that 2,921 people have died in Turkey, where aftershocks continue to occur.