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Rescuers pulled several people alive from the shattered remnants of buildings on Friday, some who survived more than 100 hours trapped under crushed concrete in the bitter cold after a catastrophic earthquake slammed Turkey and Syria, killing more than 22,000.

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A 66 year-old Murat Vural rescued from under the rubble of a collapsed building 103 hours after magnitude earthquakes hit Turkey and Syria.Anadolu Agency/AFP/Getty Images

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Emergency personnel hug after finding 66 year-old Murat Vural rescued from under the rubble of a collapsed building 103 hours after magnitude earthquakes hit Turkey and Syria.Anadolu Agency

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Emergency personnel lead a rescue operation to save 25-year-old Ayse from the rubble of a collapsed building in Kahramanmaras.OZAN KOSE/AFP/Getty Images

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Turkish rescue workers carry Eyup Ak, 60, to an ambulance after rescuing him from a collapsed building four days after the earthquake, in Adiyaman.Emrah Gurel/The Associated Press

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Rescuers carry 27-year-old survivor Rabia Ofkeli among rubble in the aftermath of a deadly earthquake in Hatay, Turkey.KEMAL ASLAN/Reuters

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Rescuers carry 27-year-old survivor Rabia Ofkeli in the aftermath of a deadly earthquake in Hatay, Turkey.KEMAL ASLAN/Reuters

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Rescuers and his mother surround Adnan Mohammet Korkut after he was rescued in Gaziantep, southern Turkey.The Associated Press

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Zubeyde Kahraman, whose sister Zeynep, 40, has been rescued by ISAR Germany, thanks rescuers, as the search for survivors continues, in the aftermath of a deadly earthquake in Kirikhan, Turkey.PIROSCHKA VAN DE WOUW/Reuters

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Rescuers carry Zeynep, as the search for survivors continues, in the aftermath of a deadly earthquake in Kirikhan, Turkey.PIROSCHKA VAN DE WOUW/Reuters

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Emergency personnel from Turkey and United Hatzalah carry a 56-year-old survivor, Ali Korkmaz, in the aftermath of a deadly earthquake, in Kahramanmaras, Turkey.RONEN ZVULUN/Reuters

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A 19-year old Syrian survivor, Abdul Hamid is carried on a stretcher after he was rescued, in the aftermath of a deadly earthquake in Hatay, Turkey.EMILIE MADI/Reuters

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Rescuers surround 19-year old Syrian survivor, Abdul Hamid, laying on a stretcher after he was rescued, in Hatay, Turkey.EMILIE MADI/Reuters

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Ahmed Abduljabbar, 5-year-old earthquake survivor, lies on a hospital bed in Azaz, Syria.MAHMOUD HASSANO/Reuters

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Rescuers successfully extract a dog named Pamuk from the rubble of a collapsed building in Hatay.GURKAN OZTURK/AFP/Getty Images

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Rescuers carry baby boy Kerem Agirtas, a 20-day-old survivor who was pulled from under the rubble, in the aftermath of a deadly earthquake in Hatay, Turkey.KEMAL ASLAN/Reuters

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