when the rubble shows a sign, the digging stops. behind this blanket, an arm reveals a body. slowly, carefully, it s uncovered. and then, the moment of realisation. screaming a father lost. screaming the goodbye is painful and public. screaming and here in maras,
homes, lives have been destroyed. in many cities, the search now is not for survivors, it is only for the dead. when the rubble shows a sign, the digging stops. behind this blanket, an arm reveals a body. slowly, carefully, it is uncovered. and then, the moment of realisation. screams. a father lost. screams. the goodbye is painful and public.
welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. we begin in turkey and syria, where more than 12,000 people are now known to have died in the earthquakes which hit the region early on monday morning. in turkey, there s growing anger at the speed of the rescue effort, with many complaining they ve had no help trying to pull people from the rubble. while in syria, state controlled media is reporting that some 300,000 people have been forced to leave their homes. more from syria shortly, but first let s hear from our middle east correspondent anna foster, who was among the first journalists to reach the epicentre in turkey. and reports now from kahramanmaras. the devastating power of the earth, seen from the air. swathes of this city lie in ruins, buildings, homes, lives have been destroyed. in many cities, the search now is not for survivors, it is only for the dead. when the rubble shows a sign, the digging stops.
says it wasn t possible to be prepared for disasters on this scale. 0ur middle east correspondent, anna foster, who was among the first journalists to reach the epicentre zone, sent this report from the turkish city of kahramanmaras. the devastating power of the earth, seen from the air. swathes of the city lie in ruins, buildings, homes, lives have been destroyed. in many cities, the search now is not for survivors, cities, the search now is not forsurvivors, it cities, the search now is not for survivors, it is only for the dead. when the rubble shows a sign, the digging stops. behind this blanket, an arm reveals a body. slowly, carefully, it is uncovered. and then at the moment of realisation. screams.
survivors, it is only for the dead. when the rubble shows a sign, the digging stops. behind this blanket, and arm reveals a body. slowly, carefully, it is uncovered. and then at the moment of realisation. screams. a father lost. screams. the goodbye is painful and public. screams.