Former Ghanaian and Chelsea player Christian Atsu has still not been found after a 7.5 magnitude earthquake struck turkey and Syria leading to the death of about 20,000 people with 1,000s injured.
After the incident, the authorities contacted the rescue team and they have been working tirelessly freeing people trapped under the rubble, first it was gathered that, Christian Atsu had been found and rescued but later communicated that it was a missed identity and the player has still not been found.
9 days on since the sudden occurrence and the Information that came was that, people who were in Atsu’s building dead or alive cannot be freed due to state of the site. To give a clear understanding, the players current club manager have released a press statement addressing the matter.
It reads;
“It has been 9 days since the earthquake and we still have not located Christian. I am at the quake site in Hatay with Christian's family. The scenes are unimaginable and our hearts are broken for all the people affected. During my time here we have been able to locate Christian Atsu's
exact room location, and we have found two pairs of his shoes.
Yesterday we received confirmation that thermal imagery was showing signs of up to 5 lives, however, I am told that the only real confirmation of life is through sight, smell and sound, and unfortunately we were not able locate Christian.
This is a difficult situation and we are extremely grateful to all the Turkish and foreign rescue teams, local civilians and volunteers for their efforts and response in rescuing survivors.
However, we urgently need more resources, including a translator, on the ground. Things are moving incredibly slow and as a result of that many rescues are being delayed, and lives are
being lost due to the lack of resources available to the workers.
It is unfortunate that the club is not on the ground with us, side by side, in the search for Christian. Their position and influence, accompanied with their local knowledge would be extremely helpful. We implore the President of the club and mayor of
Hatay, Lütfü Savas to provide additional resources to speed up the rescue efforts as a priority”.
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