Dramatic rescue of two-week-old baby girl from rubble in Turkey

Reuters

Rescue workers carry a baby from a collapsed building in Ercis, October 25, 2011. A 14-day-old baby was rescued alive from the rubble of a collapsed building on Tuesday, 46 hours after an earthquake struck southeast Turkey.

Tolga Bozoglu / EPA

Rescue workers carry baby Azra, two weeks old, after they pulled her out from a collapsed building, in Ercis, October 25.

We’re just hearing now that they were able to also rescue the baby's mother who was trapped under the debris. Full story.

More photos from rescue efforts in Turkey in our slideshow.

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Poor Baby! I hope it survives... Al least alot of people seem to care for her:)

    Reply#1 - Tue Oct 25, 2011 10:44 AM EDT

    I hope that those who always characterize Islamic countries as sexist noticed that the doctor and one of the rescue workers in the photo are women....

      Reply#2 - Tue Oct 25, 2011 8:47 PM EDT
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