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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
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Ross Lydall and Matt Watts

British rescuers help save mum and son trapped in earthquake rubble for 68 hours as death toll passes 19,300

British rescue teams pulled survivors of the Turkish earthquake to safety today as dire warnings were issued that thousands more were at risk of dying trapped in rubble.

As the number of dead rose beyond 19,300 dramatic images showed mother Serap Topal, 33, and her five-year-old son, Mehmet Hamza, being rescued by British and German aid workers in Kahramanmaras — 68 hours after the first earthquake struck.

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