The Bay Area is home to thousands of people from Turkey and of Turkish descent. On Monday, two men spoke about waiting anxiously for news about their loved ones following a massive earthquake.
The Bay Area is home to thousands of people from Turkey and of Turkish descent. KTVU's Amber Lee spoke with two men who are anxiously awaiting for news on their loved ones and people who are missing after the devastating earthquake in Turkey and Syria.On Monday, two men spoke about waiting anxiously for news about their loved ones.
"It is downtown Adiyaman," said Hazi Musa Dogan of Santa Clara as he shared videos his friend took of the destruction in his hometown of in Turkey. Dogan said his cousin and others are trapped underneath the rubble of collapsed buildings. There is a sense of desperation he said as people are standing by piles of rubble helplessly waiting for rescue crews to come and dig out relatives.
Eker said he's been up all night calling various relatives and that he learned that two family members have died in the quake and others are still missing. He said that buildings collapsing have driven many family members to leave major cities and go to villages where there are no high rises to try to stay safe.
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