Three months after Özlem Ayna was rescued from the rubble left by a devastating earthquake in Adiyaman, Turkey, she still frequently feels trapped and has barely left the hospital.
on the risky operation. Among the concrete and twisted rebar that covered the ground, the news crew noticed a pink heart-shaped box with the name Özlem inscribed on it.
Ayna lies in a hospital bed in Diyarkbakir, Turkey, on Feb. 12. Her mother, Gülten Ayna, left, didn't believe her daughter was alive until she saw her in the intensive care unit. When Ayna spoke with CBC News, she wore a pink baseball cap, concealing the layers of bandages wrapped about her head.DurationÖzlem Ayna has rarely left hospital since being rescued from the rubble of her collapsed apartment building in February.
Ayna, who worked as a primary school teacher in the city of Adiyman, has no plans of returning there to live, but did go back on May 14 to cast her ballot in the country's presidential and parliamentary elections.Before making the trip, she told CBC that she was apprehensive about going, but wanted to face "the truth."
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