A week ago today, on February 6, a strong earthquake hit Turkey and Syria, where the number of dead in this tragedy has exceeded 36 thousand.
In these moments of crisis, many stories of unprecedented courage appear and one of them was recorded by the surveillance cameras in the hospital.
When the strong earthquake shook the buildings in the Turkish city of Gaziantep, instead of running for their lives, nurses ran to the neonatal ward and held the incubators with the babies with their hands to prevent them from falling.
Video from the night of the #Turkiye #earthquake showing how 2 brave nurses - instead of fleeing - ran into the neonatal care unit at #Gaziantep Hospital to stop the baby incubators falling over. #TurkiyeEarthquake #TurkiyeEarthquake #Turkey #TurkeyEarthquake #TurkeyQuake pic.twitter.com/kvLMejP9eX
— Andrew Hopkins (@achopkins1) February 12, 2023
The video, which has been widely shared on social media, is said to have been filmed in Gaziantep, one of the hardest-hit cities in Turkey.
Turkish Minister of Health Fahrettin Koca shared the video.
"During the first strike, our two female friends, nurses, showed incredible courage. "Instead of running out, they tried to prevent the incubators with the babies from overturning," he tweeted.