Newborn With Umbilical Cord Intact Rescued From Syria Rubble. Now, She Is The Sole Survivor Of Her Family

On Tuesday, relatives and a doctor said that residents of a village in northwest Syria had found a wailing newborn whose mother had given birth to her while wholly buried in the wreckage of a five-story apartment building toppled by this week's devastating earthquake.

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This baby girl was still attached to her umbilical cord when pulled from the rocks and rubble in Syria. She is the only one in her family to survive.

In the wake of the deadly earthquake that struck Turkey and Syria, the mother gave birth to her child under the rubble of her home.?

Her umbilical cord was still attached when the miraculous newborn was rescued from the wreckage.

There was a video of the baby being pulled out of the dust and taken to the hospital, where she was taken care of.

Her mother is believed to have gone into labor as the 7.8 magnitude earthquake hit Monday morning.

The dramatic footage was uploaded to social media, capturing the moment the dust-covered infant was pulled from the rubble of the building.

Although accounts of its precise location varied, most pointed to northeastern Syria.

On Monday, footage emerged showing a baby being pulled from the debris of a collapsed building in Turkey.?

She had bruises, including a significant one on her back, and her temperature had dropped to 35 degrees Celsius (95 degrees Fahrenheit), but the baby is stable now, as per reports.?

The residents of Jindires, a small town in northern Syria, are convinced that the girl's parents and four siblings died in the quake.

At least 6,300 individuals have lost their lives, and it is estimated that the earthquake destroyed around a fourth of the city.

Although foreign aid is being provided, the death toll is expected to rise as frigid temperatures, and repeated aftershocks hamper rescue efforts.

In the meantime, Foreign Secretary James Cleverly has confirmed that three British citizens are among the missing.

In his testimony before the House of Commons, he claimed that the Foreign Office's Crisis Response Hub is assisting at least 35 British citizens who have suffered because of the earthquakes.?

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Her rescuer gently wiped the dust from her eyes as he held her head.

This baby girl was still attached to her umbilical cord when pulled from the rocks and rubble in Syria. She was the only one in her family to survive.

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