“Please God, Let One Survive”: Syrian Man Who Lost 6 Kids In Earthquake

andaris, Syria: 

Two of Naser al-Wakaa’s children were pulled alive from the rubble of their home in the Syrian town of Jandaris after Monday’s earthquake, appearing on video as rescuers reached them in the darkness of night, bruised and covered in dust.

Another of his children had also survived. But as Wakaa sat in the ruins, amid concrete blocks and twisted metal, he wailed for his wife and other dead children, cradling baby clothes to his face.

In the confusion of his grief, it was not clear from Wakaa’s account how many children he had lost, but among the names he listed for his dead children were those of three boys and three girls.