Aya Hammoud has been struggling to cope after seven members of her family were killed in the earthquake that has devastated parts of Syria and Turkiye.
TORONTO - Aya Hammoud has been struggling to cope after seven members of her family were killed in theThe Toronto resident said her grandfather, his wife, her four cousins and their mother died when the quake destroyed their apartment building in the Syrian city of Harem, near the country's border with Turkiye.
Hammoud said rescue teams recovered the bodies of her grandfather and his wife on Wednesday, and the bodies of her cousins - all children - and their mother were pulled from the rubble on Thursday. Another aunt and her children who lived nearby managed to escape their home when the quake hit, said Hammoud, as did her mother and siblings who live in a different city.
“They were only going after the places that they know 100 per cent there's somebody there alive,” she said. “I cannot help but think if were pulled out earlier maybe they would have been alive.”earthquake, followed by several powerful aftershocks, ravaged parts of southeastern Turkiye and northwest Syria, killing more than 20,000 people and destroying thousands of buildings.
Sabouni, 46, said he saw that a nearby building had collapsed and his hotel was soon shut down, forcing him to take shelter in a car with a friend for the last few days. “People are living on the streets. Many are sick or injured,” he said. “Many people lost contact with their family members.”
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