ERCIS, Turkey (AP) _ A relative says a 13-year-old boy used a rock in a desperate attempt to dig a hole and free himself from the rubble of a collapsed building following a massive earthquake that killed at least 550 people.
Rescuers pulled Ferhat Tokay out of the debris of a building early Friday, five days after a massive earthquake leveled many buildings in eastern Turkey.
The boy's uncle told NTV television Tokay was caught inside a shoe shop where he worked.
He placed shoes under his head and used them as a pillow to sleep at night.
Earlier reports said the boy was injured but the uncle, Sahin Tokay, said he had ``not even a scratch.''
The quake that hit Sunday has injured some 2,300 others and left thousands homeless.
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Turkish rescuers tend Ferhat Tokay, 13, after he was pulled from the rubble of a collapsed building in Ercis, Van, Turkey, early Friday, Oct. 28, 2011. Rescuers, working under floodlights, pulled the 13-year-old boy alive from the rubble of the collapsed apartment building 108 hours after Sunday's earthquake that hit eastern Turkey. (AP-Yonhap News)
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Rescuers pulled Ferhat Tokay out of the debris of a building early Friday, five days after a massive earthquake leveled many buildings in eastern Turkey.
The boy's uncle told NTV television Tokay was caught inside a shoe shop where he worked.
He placed shoes under his head and used them as a pillow to sleep at night.
Earlier reports said the boy was injured but the uncle, Sahin Tokay, said he had ``not even a scratch.''
The quake that hit Sunday has injured some 2,300 others and left thousands homeless.
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