Though he knew there was no chance to save his daughter, Mr. Mesut Hancer still held the hand of his daughter who d_ied under the rubble.
This photo was taken in the Kahramanmaras region of Turkey. The photo captured a scene of a father sitting in a daze and holding his daughter’s hand. She d_ied but was still trapped under a collapsed building on February 6.
According to The Guardian, this father is Mesut Hancer, and his daughter is Irmak, 15 years old. Hancer’s family was separated after a terrible earthquake disaster.
Sitting in the rubble, Mesut Hancer tightly held the hand of Irmak, who was lying motionless under the concrete pieces. When the building collapsed while she was sleeping. Fortunately, she breathed her last.
Another man nearby was trying to smash concrete with a hammer, the only rescue tool available at the moment.
