Remy Trieau (in Antioch)
A week after the earthquakes that wiped entire towns off the map, finding survivors in the rubble is a miracle. For the survivors, deprived of water, electricity and housing, the time is no longer for hope but for survival. Many of them take the road to reach cities spared by the earthquakes.
A week after the earthquake, many Turkish towns still have no water or electricity. The survivors who no longer have accommodation take the road to the Turkish cities spared by the earthquake. According to the latest official reports, the 7.8 magnitude earthquake of February 6 killed at least 33,186 people, including 29,605 in Turkey and 3,581 in Syria.
All swear that they will one day return to their city
The Antioch bus station looks like a refugee camp, with its makeshift shelters, its tents, its soldiers in fatigues who provide traffic. James to find seats on a bus for him and his family. “It’s very difficult to leave, but we have to. I will always have this emptiness in me. But the most important thing now is the health and safety of my family,” he explains at the microphone. Europe 1.
But not everyone was lucky enough to find a ticket. “I asked everywhere and it’s full, we don’t have room. What are we going to do?” Says a woman trying to flee the city.
Oz, a driver, assures that he is doing everything possible to evacuate these refugees. “People can’t find a car to leave so to help as much as possible, we pick up travelers in the hallway or on the steps of the bus.” Despite the extent of the destruction, all swear that they will one day return to their city.