Thousands of rescue teams have searched for survivors amid ruined apartment blocks and some people have been found.
Stories of near-miraculous rescues have flooded the airwaves in recent days, including many that were broadcast live on Turkish television and beamed around the world, the Associated Press reported. Though experts say the window for such rescues has nearly closed, here is footage from some of them.
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The 7.8 magnitude earthquake and its aftershocks struck southeastern Turkey and northern Syria on Feb. 6, reducing huge swaths of towns and cities to fragments of concrete and twisted metal. The death toll has surpassed 35,000.