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A 17-year-old high school student has captured Turkish hearts after he filmed a farewell message to his loved ones as he was trapped under the rubble of his home during last week’s earthquake.

Taha Erdem pulled out his phone from beneath the rubble of his collapsed apartment to film a video after de...

Taha found himself alone and trapped under tons of rubble, with waves of powerful aftershocks shifting the debris, squeezing his space amid the mangled mess of concrete and twisted steel. He took out his cellphone and began recording a final goodbye, hoping it would be discovered after his death.

When the earthquake hit Adiyaman, in southern Turkey, Taha Erdem was buried under tons of debris. Believing he was about to die, he filmed what he thought was his final

A 17-year-old high school student has captured Turkish hearts after he filmed a farewell message to his loved ones as he was trapped under the rubble of

Taha Erdem and his family were fast asleep when a 7.8 magnitude quake hit their hometown of Adiyaman in the early hours of Feb. 6. Taha was abruptly woken by violent tremors shaking the four-story apartment building in a blue-collar neighborhood of the central Anatolian city. Within 10 seconds, Taha, his mother, father and younger brother and sister were plunging downward with the building.

When the earthquake hit Adiyaman, in southern Turkey, Taha Erdem was buried under tons of debris

Taha among first to be saved, and his parents and siblings later, here’s is his story

ADIYAMAN, Turkey—A 17-year-old high school student has captured Turkish hearts after he filmed a farewell message to his ...