Reporter's Notebook: A week of up-close horrors and heroics in the Turkish earthquake zone
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Greg Palkot senior foreign affairs correspondent for Fox News reports from the worst areas in Turkey that were devastated by last week's earthquake.
The aftermath of the huge earthquakes have taken several turns since we first arrived in Turkey last week. Our first stop Tuesday was Kahramanmaras, the town closest to the epicenter of the first major quake. After a deceptively calm drive through its mainly untouched outskirts, the full force of the natural disaster became apparent with building after building folded in onto themselves Search and Rescue teams from the Fairfax Virginia and Los Angeles Fire Departments had been brought to Turkey by USAID to lend a hand. (Greg Palkot/Fox News) Diva, a sniffer dog from Los Angeles, assisted in rescue and recovery efforts. (Greg Palkot/Fox News) The team from L.A. were busy at work in Adiyaman as teams looked to find survivors. (Greg Palkot/Fox News) We met a 17-year-old girl who was rescued six hours after her building came down along with the rest of her family. (Greg Palkot/Fox News) Rescue workers trying to find survivors in Gazientep, Turkey. (Greg Palkot/Fox News) President Erdogan is facing growing criticism over the country's lack of preparedness. (Greg Palkot/Fox News) Greg Palkot currently serves as a London-based senior foreign affairs correspondent for Fox News Channel (FNC). He joined the network in 1998 as a correspondent. Follow him on Twitter@GregPalkot.
Our live position that night was nearby a gas station; a beacon of life for the freshly bruised victims, who lined up for gas for their home generators with the power in the city gone, getting a charge for their phones on the station’s electricity and a quick warm-up.