Man rescued in Turkey nearly 11 days after earthquake

We're seized now to earthquake ravaged Turkey and Syria. The death toll is climbing towards a staggering 44,000 people. Tonight, 11 days after the quake, CBS's MTS Tayyip has remarkable stories of survival. Exhausted but alive. Rescues like this across Turkey are nothing short of miraculous, including that of Mustafa Abci, 261 hours after the quake. On the phone, he asks, my parents, have they been rescued? They are waiting for you, a relative says. Earthquake response teams say typically there is a 72-hour, so-called golden window for rescuing those trapped under the rubble.

But hundreds across Turkey have defied the odds, somehow surviving for more than a week without food or water. But in rubble-held northern Syria, rescues are almost non-existent because there's next to no aid or adequate equipment. In the ruins of what was his home, we met Mustafa Al-Marawi, a rare exception. He and his kids were pulled out from their collapsed department block 22 hours after the quake. But 20 members of his extended family were killed in the disaster, and he now has nothing left. You've lost so much. What will you do now? I have no hope, he says.

It would have been better if I just stayed under the rubble. Impeos-Type, CBS News in rubble-held northern Syria.

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