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A baby who was born under rubble was saved from the wreckage of his family home as stories of miracle rescues emerged in the aftermath of Monday’s catastrophic earthquake.
An widely-shared video showed the new-born baby being cradled and rushed to safety past rubble and diggers in Afrin, northern Syria. It is believed he was born under collapsed buildings in the hours after the 7.8 quake, but that his mother tragically died.
Elsewhere, in the Syrian village of Qatma, three small, dust-covered toes, poking through the broken iron rods in a mound of rubble offered a glimmer of hope to Syrian rescuers as they raced to rescue another young boy.