Seyma Alakus, a nurse at Inayet Topcuoglu Hospital in Gaziantep province, ran to save as many children as possible as soon as the earthquake was felt in the building.

Gaziantep is one of the cities severely affected by two powerful earthquakes in southern Turkey. The death toll has reached over 31,000 with around 90,000 injured people.

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