10 days have passed since the two terrible earthquakes that devastated Turkey and part of Syria and the tireless rescuers maintain the hope of finding each other miracles under the ruins.
When talking regarding rescuers, it is necessary to detail that it is a group of humans and furry, Turkish and foreign, who fight once morest time. The hours and stories like that of Kopuk, a four-year-old Turkish Golden Retriever, move the world
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The rescue dog traveled from the eastern Turkish city of Van to the city of Malatya with his team. During his tour, he cut off all four legs with the glass scattered among the rubble. the local medium TRT He said that his caregivers had to stitch and bandage him, but Kopuk did not want to stop: he saved five people that day.
Kopuk continued to work following his paws were bandaged. (Photo: TRT HABER)
“Rescued six other peoplein addition to the five that are in the building where we are currently,” explained the dog trainer from the Disaster and Emergency Management Authority (AFAD).
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The Turkish dog cut itself on the glass that was in the rubble. (Photo: TRT HABER)
Meral Nakir, 60, was one of the victims Kopuk found. The man spent 77 hours trapped on the first floor of a six-story building. the turkish daily Daily Sabah reported that the Golden heard the sounds that Meral was making and immediately notified his AFAD colleagues, who took 20 hours to remove the rubble to reach the wounded man, who was taken to a hospital.