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Turkish teen filmed ‘last moments’ from quake-hit apartment

Taha Erdem, 17, center, his mother Zeliha Erdem, left, and father Ali Erdem pose for a photograph next to the destroyed building where Tahan was trapped after the earthquake of Feb. 6, in Adiyaman, Turkey, Friday, Feb. 17, 2023. Taha Erdem, a resident of southeastern Turkey's Adiyaman, is one of the hundreds of survivors pulled out of collapsed buildings after the Feb. 6 powerful quake. Erdem, who is 17, filmed himself on his phone while stuck and sandwiched between concrete in what he thought would be his last words. (AP Photo/Mehmet Mucahit Ceylan) Parents of Taha Erdem, mother Zeliha Erdem, left, and father Ali Erdem stand next to the debris from the building where Tahan was trapped after the earthquake of Feb. 6, in Adiyaman, Turkey, Friday, Feb. 17, 2023. Taha Erdem, a resident of southeastern Turkey's Adiyaman, is one of the hundreds of survivors pulled out of collapsed buildings after the Feb. 6 powerful quake. Erdem, who is 17, filmed himself on his phone while stuck and sandwiched between concrete in what he thought would be his last words. (AP Photo/Mehmet Mucahit Ceylan) In this screenshot taken from video, Taha Erdem, 17, records himself using his smartphone as he is trapped under the rubble of a collapsed building after the Feb. 6 earthquake in Adiyaman, Turkey, Monday, Feb. 6, 2023. (Taha Erdem via AP) Taha Erdem, 17, right, his mother Zeliha Erdem, left, and father Ali Erdem stand next to the debris from a building where Tahan was trapped after the earthquake of Feb. 6, in Adiyaman, Turkey, Friday, Feb. 17, 2023. Taha Erdem, a resident of southeastern Turkey's Adiyaman, is one of the hundreds of survivors pulled out of collapsed buildings after the Feb. 6 powerful quake. Erdem, who is 17, filmed himself on his phone while stuck and sandwiched between concrete in what he thought would be his last words. (AP Photo/Mehmet Mucahit Ceylan)
Turkish teen filmed ‘last moments’ from quake-hit apartment