‘I thought I was going to die’: Turkey quake survivors’ ordeal

Gülhan Vişne (L), 17, a high school student, and her mother Özlem Vişne, 37, who works in a supermarket, at a hospital in Osmaniye, Turkey [Patrick Keddie/Al Jazeera]

Osmaniye, Turkey – Rescuers are still pulling people alive from the rubble nine days after earthquakes struck Turkey even though many of the operations across the 10 affected provinces are largely focusing on recovering bodies.

At a state hospital in Osmaniye, southern Turkey, some survivors recounted the horror of being trapped under their collapsed homes and spoke about what life might hold for them next.