Sika’s mother Imas Masfahitah told that when the earthquake struck, Sika was playing outside the house. I was cooking in the kitchen. When the earthquake happened, before we could understand anything, within two seconds everything turned into rubble.
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More than 300 people have died so far due to the recent earthquake in Indonesia. There was a strong earthquake in the country’s main island Java on Monday. Its intensity was measured at 5.6 on the Richter scale. Due to the strong tremors of the earthquake in Indonesia, many houses and buildings collapsed and there were cracks on the roads. So far 310 people have died by being buried under the debris. While more than one thousand people are injured. Even that 7-year-old girl had to bear the brunt of the earthquake, for whose rescue the rescue personnel conducted a search operation throughout the day.
Rescue workers on Friday launched a search operation to save the life of a 7-year-old girl who was buried under the debris of the collapsed building. The rescue team tried to find him for many hours. After hours of hard work, his body was found buried under the debris. According to news agency AFP, the rescue team told that the girl’s name is Ashika Noor Fauzia. He was lovingly called Sika at home. Sika was found buried under rubble in the worst-hit district of Kugenang, which was the epicenter of the quake. A rescuer, Jackson Kolibu, told that the body of the girl has been handed over to the family. He was very sad.
Disappointment despite hard work
Jackson Kolibu, a rescuer, told that the body of the girl has been handed over to the family. He was very sad. Dozens of rescue workers worked hard to save the girl. Excavation tools, hammers and even their hands were used to remove the debris. The operation was carried out overnight, but the next day, on Friday, Sika’s body was found under three layers of concrete. After extricating the body, the rescuers covered Sika’s face and put it in a bodybag and handed it over to Ahmed’s father. Sika’s father was crying bitterly on seeing his daughter’s dead body.
The girl was playing outside the house and then…
The family has performed the last rites of the girl child. Sika’s mother Imas Masfahitah told that when the earthquake struck, Sika was playing outside the house. I was cooking in the kitchen. When the earthquake happened, before we could understand anything, within two seconds everything turned into rubble. Please tell that the life of a 6-year-old child was saved on Wednesday evening, which is nothing less than a miracle. The child was buried under the debris for two days. However, the rescue personnel pulled him out of the debris safely. Surprisingly, the child survived for two days without food and water. According to the information, more than 39 people are still missing, whose search is on. Most of the children studying in the school have been killed in this earthquake.
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