‘Miracle Survivor’ Baby of Turkey Quake Reunites with Mother after 2 Months

The three-and-half-month-old girl, who had miraculously survived the devastating earthquake in Turkey, reunited with her mother two months after the mishap. The baby was handed over to her mother after a DNA test confirmed it was her daughter.

Turkey’s family ministry in a statement said, “The three-and-a-half-month old ‘miracle baby’, called Vetin, was pulled out of the rubble of a building in the province of Hatay more than five days after the February 6 quake with no health problems.” The baby’s father and two brothers died in the quake, the ministry statement said.

Turkey’s family minister handed over the child to her mother Yasemin Begdas at a hospital in Adana city 54 days after the disaster. Her mother is undergoing treatment in a hospital.

“Reuniting a mother and her child is one of the most precious tasks in the world,” tweeted the minister of Family and Social Services Derya Yanik was quoted as saying.

You probably remember this picture of the baby who spent 128 hours under rubble after an earthquake in Turkey. It was reported that the baby's mom died.

Turns out, the mom is alive! She was treated in a different hospital. After 54 days apart and a DNA test, they are together… pic.twitter.com/T7B0paUFxL

— Anton Gerashchenko (@Gerashchenko_en) April 2, 2023

More than 56,000 people were killed in Turkey in the major earthquake of February 6 and a series of tremors following it.