A 17-year-old was dubbed the 'miracle girl' when she was pulled alive from the rubble 248 hours after a fatal earthquake that ripped through southern Turkey. 9News
More than 42,000 people have died across Turkey and neighbouring Syria following the powerful 7.8 magnitude quake on February 6, according to authorities.
Earlier Thursday, the UN Secretary-General António Guterres announced an appeal for $1 billion in aid towards earthquake relief efforts in Turkey over the course of three months. Turkey's state news channel TRT Haber crew visited teenager Aleyna Ölmez in the hospital room after the rescue operation and talked to her and her doctors and family members.
Alyena was taken directly to Kahramanmaraş Sutcu Imam University Faculty of Medicine after the rescue operation on Thursday.
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