The newborn who was found still attached to her deceased mother underneath the rubble of her family's building after the earthquake in Syria has been adopted – by the uncle who helped save her life.
Amid the devastation caused by the earthquakes in Turkey and Syria, one story has offered a glimmer of hope: A baby girl was rescued after being born beneath the rubble of her family's building.
It was only when rescuers were looking to identify the bodies of her family that they heard her cry. Among those searching through the rubble was the baby's uncle Khalil al-Sawadi, who told thethat he had rushed over after the quake and was digging through the rubble when they heard the infant. Hani Marouf, the pediatrician who was helping care for the baby at the hospital, said that when she initially arrived, she was"in such a bad state."
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