JUST IN: LASD Search and Rescue team members assisting in Turkey as survivors are found days after quake
Los Angeles County search and rescue team members are in Turkey assisting in efforts to find survivors amid buildings that were leveled by a 7.8 magnitude earthquake.
On Saturday, Mike Leum, a veteran of LASD Search and Rescue for more than 30 years, shared dramatic video on social media that showed a rescue effort in progress. In a subsequent tweet that showed a photo of the scene, Leum wrote: "Now an 18yr old male can be heard! The woman we heard is also still alive. Unk if her baby is. Prayers needed here in Turkey."
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