Wimps can say what they want about those who belong to the White Helmets, but these men are certainly brave.
These are the Syrian first responders who risk their lives to save people from disasters
Civil defence members search for survivors after airstrikes by pro-Syrian government forces in the rebel held al-Qaterji neighbourhood of Aleppo, Syria February 14, 2016. REUTERS/Abdalrhman Ismail
BEIRUT (AP) -- It took Mahmoud Fadlallah and the team of seven rescue workers 30 minutes to reach the middle-aged couple trapped beneath the rubble of their apartment building in the contested Syrian city of Aleppo.
They had been notified a rocket had struck the building, and they had to wait for the debris to fall and the dust to settle.
"We called out: 'We are the Civil Defense, is anyone able to hear us?'" Fadlallah said of the rescue operation earlier this summer. "They were on the first floor, with four floors above them, but they were protected by the ceiling, which had collapsed at a slant.
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These are the Syrian first responders who risk their lives to save people from disasters
These are the Syrian first responders who risk their lives to save people from disasters
- Philip Issa, Associated Press
- Aug. 19, 2016, 7:53 PM
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BEIRUT (AP) -- It took Mahmoud Fadlallah and the team of seven rescue workers 30 minutes to reach the middle-aged couple trapped beneath the rubble of their apartment building in the contested Syrian city of Aleppo.
They had been notified a rocket had struck the building, and they had to wait for the debris to fall and the dust to settle.
"We called out: 'We are the Civil Defense, is anyone able to hear us?'" Fadlallah said of the rescue operation earlier this summer. "They were on the first floor, with four floors above them, but they were protected by the ceiling, which had collapsed at a slant.
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These are the Syrian first responders who risk their lives to save people from disasters