Two Survive Days After Building Collapse
A teenage boy buried in a collapsed apartment building in Turkey was pulled alive from the rubble Sunday, six days after the disaster. A 23-year-old woman was found alive today, and rescuers were working to free her.
Muhammet Kalem, 16, survived because he was trapped in a pocket formed by pulverized concrete. His father, Ahmet, had so little hope of seeing his son again that he had dug his grave.
Rescuers found five more bodies in the ruins Sunday as the death toll rose to 71. There are about 40 people believed to be buried in the wreckage in Konya, about 150 miles south of Ankara.
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