A newborn was found alive in the rubble after the earthquake in Syria

From A newborn was found alive in the rubble after the earthquake in Syria:

Residents digging through a collapsed building in a northwest Syrian town discovered a crying infant whose mother appears to have given birth to her while buried underneath the rubble from this week’s devastating earthquake, relatives and a doctor said Tuesday.

The newborn girl’s umbilical cord was still connected to her mother, who was dead.


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