Italy Earthquake: 10-Year-Old Girl Rescued From Rubble 17 Hours Later
It took 17 hours and several firefighters to rescue her, but 10-year-old Giulia was pulled from the rubble alive today after an earthquake struck central Italy Wednesday.
As rescue workers raced to find
survivors beneath the crumbled buildings in the town of Pescara del
Tronto, about 100 miles northeast of Rome, they spotted Giulia’s legs
and carefully removed wreckage around the trapped girl to get her out
this morning.
"You can hear something
under here. Quiet, quiet," one rescue worker said, according to The
Associated Press, before urging her: "Come on, Giulia, come on, Giulia."
Her last name has not been released and the extent of her injuries, if any, is unknown.
Giulia’s
dramatic rescue was captured on footage. The girl emerged caked with
dirt and dust, and people clapped and cheered as a firefighter carried
her away from the flattened building in one of the towns hit hardest by
the powerful quake.
The
6.2-magnitude earthquake that rocked central Italy early Wednesday
killed at least 247 people, injured hundreds more and left thousands
homeless, according to Italy's Civil Protection agency.
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