Rescuers from Tajikistan have pulled a 3-year-old boy alive from under the rubble in the Turkish town of Kahramanmaras. The toddler had spent 158 hours there, the press service of the Committee for Emergency Situations and Civil Defense of Tajikistan reported on February 13. Tajikistan sent a group of 50 rescuers and doctors, as well as 2.5 tons of special equipment, to Turkey to help deal with the aftermath of the February 9 earthquake. The death toll in Turkey has exceeded 33,000 people. The press service also noted that Tajik rescuers have pulled 78 bodies from the rubble.
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