THOUSANDS OFFER TO ADOPT MIRACLE BABY PULLED FROM THE RUBBLE IN SYRIA

Fri 10 February 2023:

Countless people have expressed interest in adopting the newborn girl, who was born under the rubble of a collapsed building in north-west Syria, following Monday’s earthquake, BBC reported.

When she was rescued, baby Aya – meaning miracle in Arabic – was still connected to her mother by her umbilical cord.

Her mother, father and all four of her siblings died after the quake hit the town of Jindayris.

A baby girl born under the rubble of the earthquakes ad aftershocks in Syria is in hospital after being pulled out by rescuers ⤵️

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— Al Jazeera English (@AJEnglish) February 8, 2023

Aya is now in hospital.

“She arrived on Monday in such a bad state, she had bumps, bruises, she was cold and barely breathing,” said Hani Marouf, the paediatrician looking after her.

She is now in stable condition.

Videos of Aya’s rescue went viral on social media. Footage showed a man sprinting from the collapsed debris of a building, holding a baby covered in dust.

Khalil al-Suwadi, a distant relative, who was there when she was pulled to safety, brought the newborn to Dr Marouf in the Syrian city of Afrin.

A newborn baby was rescued from the rubble of the powerful earthquakes that hit Syria and Turkey this week.

Relatives came looking for her parents and siblings but heard her crying underneath the rubble. pic.twitter.com/FrCZgIzEwn

— AJ+ (@ajplus) February 9, 2023

Thousands of people on social media have now asked for details to adopt her.

“I would like to adopt her and give her a decent life,” said one person.

A Kuwaiti TV anchor said, “I’m ready to take care of and adopt this child… if legal procedures allow me to.”

The hospital manager, Khalid Attiah, says he has received dozens of calls from people all over the world wanting to adopt baby Aya.

Dr Attiah, who has a daughter just four months older than her, said, “I won’t allow anyone to adopt her now. Until her distant family return, I’m treating her like one of my own.”

For now, his wife is breastfeeding her alongside their own daughter.

In Aya’s home town of Jindayris, people have been searching through collapsed buildings for loved ones.

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