Han, a British silver, was removed from under the rubble of an 11-story apartment building destroyed by the February 6 earthquakes. Suffering from a broken foot and being severely dehydrated, the cat is currently under treatment. Nida Dina and her daughter Nil Beril were living together with their cat, a two-year-old British silver called Han in the Reyhan Kent 1 Apartment in the Onikisubat district of Maras when on February 6 at 4:17 a.m., a 7.5 magnitude earthquake struck near Pazarcik.
Dina and her daughter were able to escape their heavily damaged house, but Han stayed behind. Later that day, at 13:24 p.m., in a second earthquake with a 7.6 magnitude in Elbistan, their 11-story building collapsed.
36-year-old Dina reportedly stayed around forty days in her car next to their building. Nonetheless, she did not find a trace of their British silver.
Forty-nine days after the devastating earthquakes that affected 11 provinces in Turkey, killing more than 50,000 and destroying or severely damaging over 227,000 buildings, Han managed to be taken out alive from the ruins of their former home.
Building owner Fahri Hatipoglu said they noticed the cat while trying to save kitchen appliances, "We took the cat out together with friends. We delivered the cat to its owner immediately. The owners waited here for a long time."
Dina described the event as an incredible miracle. ''Until the last moment, I never lost hope. Han always slept with me,'' she explains.
With a fractured leg and unable to walk, the shorthaired grey feline is currently under treatment. According to veterinary Fatma Gül Hancioglu, the cat is severely dehydrated, ''Han is our miracle. God willing, she will survive.''
Source: English Bianet