<p>New Delhi: A newborn baby girl born under the rubble of a collapsed building in north-west Syria has thousands willing to adopt her after the earthquake on Monday.</p> <p>According to a report by the BBC, the baby named Aya - meaning miracle in Arabic - was still connected to her mother by her umbilical cord when she was rescued. Her parents and all four siblings died after the earthquake hit the town of Jindayris.</p> <p>She is now in hospital. "She arrived on Monday in such a bad state, she had bumps, and bruises, she was cold and barely breathing," said Hani Marouf, the pediatrician looking after her, as quoted by the BBC.</p> <p><strong>ALSO READ |<span style="color: #e03e2d;"><a style="color: #e03e2d;" href="https://ift.tt/UrFSi1W"> Turkiye-Syria Earthquake: Hope Fades As Toll Soars Past 20,000, Bitter Cold Worsens Conditions</a></span></strong></p> <p>She is now said to be in stable condition.</p> <p>A viral video showed a man sprinting from the debris of a building, holding a baby covered in dust. Several videos of such rescue efforts have surfaced on social media.</p> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"> <p dir="ltr" lang="en">Pulling a two-month-old baby alive after three days under the rubble in Turkey <a href="https://t.co/1ePEIkZiDH">pic.twitter.com/1ePEIkZiDH</a></p> — Muhammad Smiry 🇵🇸 (@MuhammadSmiry) <a href="https://twitter.com/MuhammadSmiry/status/1623245763609337856?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 8, 2023</a></blockquote> <p> <script src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" async="" charset="utf-8"></script> </p> <p>As per the report, a distant relative identified as Khalil al-Suwadi was there when Aya was pulled to safety. He brought the newborn to Dr. Marouf in the Syrian city of Afrin.</p> <p>Thousands on social media asked for details expressing their willingness to adopt her.</p> <p>BBC quoted a Kuwaiti TV anchor as saying, "I'm ready to take care of and adopt this child... if legal procedures allow me to."</p> <p>The hospital manager, Khalid Attiah, was reported saying that he has received dozens of calls from people all over the world wanting to adopt baby Aya.</p> <p>The report quoted Dr Attiah, who has a daughter just four months older than her, as saying, "I won't allow anyone to adopt her now. Until her distant family return, I'm treating her like one of my own."</p> <p>Dr Attiah's wife is currently breastfeeding her alongside their own daughter.</p> <p>In Aya's hometown Jindayris, the locals continue to search through the debris of collapsed buildings for loved ones.</p> <p>A journalist Mohammed al-Adnan told the BBC, "The situation is a disaster. There are so many people under the rubble. There are still people we haven't got out yet."</p> <p>According to him, nearly 90% of the town had been destroyed and most of the help had come from local people.</p> <p>Rescuers from the White Helmets organisation, familiar with pulling people out of rubble for over a decade during Syria's civil war, are extending help in Jindayris.</p> <p>"The rescuers can end up being victims too because of how unstable the building is," said Mohammed al-Kamel, as per the BBC.</p> <p>Syria has reported more than 3,000 deaths due to the earthquake, excluding those who have died in opposition-held areas of the country.</p>
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