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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Emily Atkinson

Turkey earthquake: Teenager trapped under rubble for 94 hours drinks own urine to survive

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A teenager trapped following the devastating earthquakes in Turkey says he was forced to drink his own urine during the 94 hours he spent under the rubble.

“I was able to survive that way,” Adnan Muhammed Korkut explained, after being pulled from the basement where had been trapped since two major earthquakes and more than 100 aftershocks struck on Monday.

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