‘We will never forget’: Emotional crowd greets B.C. search team returning from Turkey
Burnaby USAR, the only Canadian search-and-rescue team to head to the disaster zone, deployed primarily around the Adiyaman.
“For the past week, all of us are crying. We can’t sleep, we can’t eat, every breath we take it’s pain in our hearts, because we feel that people there at home can’t eat, can’t breathe, can’t sleep,” Tara Gulersen told Global News.“The moment I heard the news Burnaby was going back home to help our people, it was the only bright moment we had, so it was so, so important for us that our people here were there for our people at home. It was so emotional.
She said despite having never met any of the members, she felt like they were now part of her family.“You fought for us. We will never forget these days, especially how you helped,” she read from the letter. “I don’t know how to express my feelings or to express our gratitude, but please know you have touched on so many lives and you are known and prayed for by so many of us.”“We lost lots of people there, it’s so heartbreaking. I wish I could be there too to help,” Fatma Altunatas told Global News, clutching a bouquet of flowers for the team.
Altunatas and Gulersen are both members of a group of Turkish-Canadians collecting donations for victims in the disaster zone. So far, they have managed to fill more than 7,000 boxes, and remain in need of tents, blankets, diapers, baby formula and flashlights.
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