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身 މɺЀՉ NTV อၲٙᙲᅂা٫dႷ global relief e
ort: fulfi lling immediate emergency
ዣत͜˓ዚাɨ˼ၾɛᄻᄢʕ
relief needs, providing shelter in the form of con-
tainer cities, and meeting the long-term needs for
͛ܝٙఙ౻f˼הίਜਹٙܔጘي
Throughout the day, Öztürk, whose district en-
ɽߒϞʞʱʘɧʊࡀ෭fխહᑊᒯᒯ͙ᘧ everything from water treatment to kids’ education.
compasses the a
ected area, called the Rotary club
ʕෂ̈jહહҢࡁdહહҢࡁdҢࡁೌج presidents and district team members who live there.
He learned that some Rotary friends were under the
խіf rubble. In the end, six Rotarians and Rotaractors died
ɨʹϘԬࣛࡉd˼ၾҔҔ̘ઞૐ˼ࡁ͎ٙ in the quake.
One of his calls was to Binzet, who was then the
ፋf˼ࡁतйዄːμdΪމμϞڛধऎᎰसf president of the Rotary Club of Adıyaman-Nemrut
ژ݊කഹٙdᚐଣɛࡰʊᕎකd˼ࡁί܊༁ and would become a key contributor to relief e
orts
despite his own stagering personal losses, which he
ҬՑ͎ፋdৎԸग़ઋѢfμႭjҢ᎘ܘ had only begun to tally.
ัd೯͛əʡჿԫk˼ࡁɢᘉμᕎකdШμ
Ч˷ঝՑೌجଣ༆ઋرϾלഒᕎකfɨʹ A
1 ࣛ 24 ʱdୋɚϣήቤᛕԸfႷዣतൺՑ̮ video journalist for Turkey’s NTV news,
ࠦdڝڐٙɓಊܔጘيࡀ෭f˼ٙҔҔί Binzet recorded the aftermath on his cell-
phone as he and his family emerged from
ජ̨ࡀ෭ۃ༪ɨԸf˼ࡁ͎ፋࣛᒔίܔጘ the wreckage. About three of every fi ve buildings in his
neighborhood had collapsed. Mu ed cries emanated
يʫdᒱ್ୋɚఙήቤܝʥ࠻πdШͦۃʊ from the rubble: Save us. Rescue us. We can’t breathe.
ᕎ˰f In the early afternoon, he and his brother went
to check on their mother. They were especially con-
աՑୋɓఙήቤฦٙܔጘίୋɚϣή ൬ԢतhႷዣत݊ɺЀՉڛᅃԭਟ - ̵֍ኁतҧቃٟ cerned about her because she had Alzheimer’s. The
ቤʕԘ์fႷዣतႭjவఱ྅ɓࢵ ٟࡰdίவఙӨᗭʕ̰̘ə 41 Зፋɛf Ferit Binzet, a mem- door was open. Her nurse had left, and they found
her inside, confused. “I’m dizzy,” she said. “What’s
ber of the Rotary
Club of Adıyaman- happening?” The two urged her to leave, but in her
Nemrut, Turkey, lost confusion she did not seem to grasp the situation
41 family members
in the disaster. and refused. At 1:24 p.m. the second earthquake
struck. Binzet ran outside as a nearby building
crumbled. Binzet’s brother jumped from a balcony
just before the platform collapsed. (Their mother,
still in the building, survived that second quake but
has since died.)
Buildings weakened by the fi rst earthquake were
quickly consumed by the second. “It was like a horror
movie,” Binzet says. People were gathering personal
items from their homes when the second earthquake
hit. Others who had been trapped since morning by
debris or, in some cases, by the steel gates on their
doors were crushed in the afternoon. One of Binzet’s
cousins was rescued in the morning but died of a
heart attack in the afternoon when a building col-
lapsed near him.
In total, Binzet lost 41 relatives — an unimagi-
nable toll. In time it would be felt especially hard
during holidays like Ramadan, when he used to visit
15 or 20 homes among his extended family. After the
disaster, that once joyful promenade shrank to just
two homes. In an interview more than a year later,
he weeps at the thought, adding, “We don’t have any-
body here. All our relatives are gone.”
But in those days after the quakes, he was focused
on surviving. There was no food and no electricity.
In desperation, people had emptied market shelves
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