Survivors continue to emerge from Turkey earthquake; death toll tops 41,000

An aerial view of collapsed buildings in Antakya, southeastern Turkey. [AP photo]

Aid trucks from Saudi Arabia line up at the border crossing from Turkey to Syria in the aftermath of an earthquake, Feb. 11, 2023.

Later, two men, Mehmet Ali Sakiroglu, 26, and Mustafa Avci, 33, were rescued from the same building's rubble, news agency DHA said.

People try to reach survivors trapped under the debris of a collapsed building in Malatya, Turkey, Tuesday, February 7, 2023. [AP photo]

After he was rescued, Avci saw his newborn baby on a cellphone call with his parents, according to Reuters.

The rescue efforts in Turkey have come amid criticism about unenforced building codes. Thousands of buildings collapsed in the February 6 earthquake, leaving massive amounts of rubble for rescue teams to search through.

More than 41,000 people in Turkey and Syria have been killed in the earthquake and hundreds of thousands have been displaced from their homes.