Indonesia boy, 6, rescued from quake rubble after two days

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A six-year-old boy has been pulled from the rubble of a deadly Indonesia earthquake after spending two days trapped under debris without food or water, in a 'miracle' rescue.

File photo shows a view of a destroyed kindergarten which was affected by the earthquake in Cugenang, Cianjur, West Java province, Indonesia, November 22, 2022. REUTERS/Ajeng Dinar Ulfiana

"Once we realized Azka was alive everybody broke into tears, including me," 28-year-old local volunteer Jeksen told AFP on Thursday.Video showed rescue workers pulling the boy Azka free from a destroyed home in Cianjur's worst-hit district of Cugenang, wearing the blue shirt and trousers he had on when he became trapped.

His mother died in the earthquake and her body was found hours before Azka's rescue, a volunteer told AFP on Thursday.He was only saved by a wall holding up another collapsed wall, preventing it from falling on him, local media reported. "For all the years since I became a volunteer, I've never seen anything like this. How can you not cry?"

 

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