El Salvador sends rescue personnel to aid quake-hit Türkiye
STORY: El Salvador sends rescue personnel to aid quake-hit Türkiye
DATELINE: Feb. 10, 2023
LENGTH: 00:01:23
LOCATION: San Salvador
CATEGORY: SOCIETY
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various of Salvadoran rescue staff departing at airport
STORYLINE:
El Salvador sent a humanitarian mission to Türkiye on Wednesday to help in the search and rescue of victims after deadly earthquakes shook the country on Monday.
The mission, made up of 111 troops and three canines, departed from San Oscar Arnulfo Romero International Airport in the Central American nation, and has teams specializing in rescue in vertical structures, collapsed structures and confined areas.
Fernando Castaneda, head of the humanitarian mission, said that El Salvador has also experienced this type of disaster, so the government and the people believe that it is appropriate to provide aid to Türkiye.
The death toll from Monday's devastating earthquakes in Türkiye and Syria has surpassed 21,000, according to latest data released by authorities and rescuers.
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