Teams in Turkey One Week After Earthquake
The devastation of destroyed buildings, homes and businesses stretches nearly 300 miles. The graphic in this video shows the destruction zone in Turkey after those two massive earthquakes and dozens of aftershocks. As a comparison, it's similar to the area between New York City and Washington, D.C., including New Jersey, Maryland, Delaware and part of Pennsylvania. The country faces a massive rebuilding program. Millions of Turkish citizens are suffering from post-traumatic stress from their harrowing and traumatic experiences, like Abdulkerim Arserim. He shared his story. "The ground floor of our building was gone. They threw a rope. I tied my children and they went down, then my wife, then me." He continued, "Of course, there were no socks, no shoes. Then the building collapsed. We didn't believe we would be rescued. We thought death had come at that moment." The combined death toll between Turkey and Syria stands at about 37,000, with tens of thousands more injured and left homeless. To provide material support and hope to the Turkish people. CBN's Operation Blessing mobilized within hours of the earthquake and recruited volunteers like Carin Cochrane. She shared, "As soon as the earthquake happened I was like, 'I got to get on the ground and help in any way I can.' So I got connected with Operation Blessing and Diego and here we are." Diego Traverso, Operation Blessing’s International Director of Disaster Relief says Turkey is a critical place to be. He said, "Because we want to be in the center of the action where the people need it. Keep praying, partners of CBN, Operation Blessing, keep praying for us. Keep praying for the victims. Keep praying for our volunteers, for our teams who are deploying right now. The help is so needed." You can stand with disaster victims and make a gift at www.ob.org/disaster-relief today. Learn More About How We Are Making A Difference In Turkey Operation Blessing Disaster Relief https://www.ob.org/disaster-relief/ Turkey Earthquake https://www.ob.org/turkey-earthquake/ Deploying In Turkey To Help People In Need https://www.ob.org/turkey-earthquake-... Earthquake Aftermath In Turkey And Syria • Earthquake Aftermath in Turkey and Syria -... Operation Blessing Preparing to Send Aid in Wake of Devastating Earthquake • Operation Blessing Preparing to Send Aid i... Operation Blessing Outreach To Turkey https://www.ob.org/relief-work-in-tur... Time Stamp 00:00:06 300 Miles Of Destruction In Turkey 00:00:27 Turkey Faces The Need For Massive Rebuilding 00:00:37 Turkish Citizens Are Suffering 00:00:58 Death Toll In Turkey And Syria Has Reached 37,000 00:01:08 CBN’s Operation Blessing Deployed To Turkey To Help 00:01:16 Meet Operation Blessing Volunteer Carin Cochrane 00:01:27 Volunteers From Many Nations 00:01:46 Diego Traverso, Director-International Disaster Relief Team #TurkeyEarthquakeReliefEfforts #TurkeyEarthquakeReliefWeek1 #TurkeyEarthquakeSupport #TurkeyEarthquakeResponding
