It has been an agonising wait for many people praying to hear from family and friends who may have been caught up in the wreckage of an earthquake in Turkey on Monday.
County Durham restaurant owner Cengiz Akarsu is one of the many people who have been anxiously awaiting news on the safety of loved ones. His family home in Elazığ was severely damaged after the walls to the property crumbled during the earthquake.
And while his family managed to escape, hours passed before Cengiz received news that his friend was accounted for. But this evening Cengiz received a much-needed update that his friend had been pulled from the rubble with his daughter following a nine hour rescue mission.
