Havva Arslan, husband and three children survived five days trapped under debris of five-storey apartment building
Havva and her husband, Hasan, lost 36 of their relatives in the quake and the grief is raw. One of their surviving relatives, grandmother Arslan, lives in a container next door with a broken foot.Hasan, an accountant, says he will soon be ready to get back to work.
Young earthquake victims enjoy their time playing near their tent in the aftermath of the earthquakes in Nurdagi on Saturday. Photograph: Sedat Suna/EPA Eldest daughter, Fatmagul , has begun preparing for university entrance exams, which she is due to take in a few months.“One day I woke up, opened my eyes and saw her sitting by the table studying. 'We have to start somewhere, mum', she said.”
As walls collapsed around them, the floor beneath gave way and the Arslan family fell one floor down, with the four floors above crashing down around them seconds later.
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