Following the dramatic rescue of a Syrian baby girl last week,
footage has emerged of the fourteen-month-old Ghina Khalil – who had been
trapped under layers upon layers of rubble and debris – playing and with no
signs of visible injuries.
Ghina had been buried under the dusty
rubble of her home after an alleged airstrike on Jan. 22 in the northern city
of Aleppo, which reportedly claimed the life of her mother, according to Nour
Media Center, that had initially uploaded the video of her rescue to the
internet.
The Syrian government has been accused of
using airstrikes and rocket attacks indiscriminately against residential areas.
The video showed a group of men
frantically scooping away handfuls of crumbled concrete with their bare hands
amid cries of "God is greatest."
Ghina’s curly-haired head was emerging
from the dust. With her arms freed, the girl reaches up to wipe her eyes in a
sign of life.
The Associated Press reported that
according to the activist who filmed the video, the girl was completely buried
for at least three minutes and her mother was killed in the attack.
A video following her rescue shows Ghina
in new clothes, with no visible injuries. International media outlets dubbed
Ghina a “miracle baby.” With AP and Al Arabiya
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