It's today explained I'm Noel King.

A brother and sister were pulled out of a collapsed building in Northwest Syria yesterday.

The girl who looks to be about six or seven had reportedly said to a rescue worker,

get me out of here.

I'll do anything for you.

And that rescue worker delivered.

In fact, the girl's whole family survived.

The death toll from that 7.8 magnitude earthquake and its aftershocks that hit Turkey and Syria

has risen to 11,600 and that number is being updated every few hours.

Turkey's president, Richard Type Erdogan, declared a three-month state of emergency saying

he believes Turkish people will exhibit patience.

But after all this, it's unclear how much patience they have.

Meanwhile, in Northwest Syria, there's little government to even speak of.

Next, two reporters join us from the region to tell us what they're seeing.

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