Photos show an 8-year-old boy pulled from the earthquake rubble in Turkey and reunited with his mother after he was trapped for more than 2 full days
- Photos show a boy being rescued from underneath the rubble of the deadly earthquake in Turkey.
- He had been stuck beneath a collapsed building for 52 hours by himself.
Photos show the moment an eight-year-old boy was rescued from beneath a pile of rubble where he has been stuck alone for more than two days after a deadly earthquake rocked Turkey and Syria on Monday.
The boy, Yigit Cakmak, was trapped in the rubble of a collapsed building in the city of Hatay, Turkey, for 52 hours.
He was immediately reunited with his mother after two days without her. Photos published by Getty Images show the emotional reunion as Cakmak appears to cry while embracing his mom.
The 7.8 magnitude earthquake shook Turkey and Syria and was felt in other surrounding countries. A 7.5 magnitude tremor followed the initial earthquake, adding to the unprecedented level of destruction.
As of Wednesday, more than 11,000 people have died in Turkey in Syria, making Monday's shocking quake the deadliest in the world, the Associated Press reported.
The search for any remaining survivors continues as thousands of emergency personnel sift through the rubble.