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Emotional scars run deep for young survivors of Turkey quake
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CNN's Walter Rodgers reports on the attempts to return a sense of normalcy to the lives of children affected by the earthquake in Turkey.
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'We're dying!'
August 30, 1999
Web posted at: 10:50 p.m. EDT (0250 GMT)
YALOVA, Turkey (CNN) -- Two weeks after a disastrous
earthquake leveled thousands of buildings and killed more
than 14,000 people in Turkey's northeast, many residents,
especially children, still struggle to endure deep emotional
scars.
CNN's Walter Rodgers travels to the hard-hit Turkish town of
Yalova, where traumatized young survivors continue to relive
the horror of the night their hometown collapsed around them.
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RELATED SITES:
Turkish Republic Earthquake Relief Fund
Mercy International USA
AmeriCares
Disaster Relief from DisasterRelief.org
American Red Cross
Doctors Without Borders
International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
World Relief
The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, Inc. Turkey Earthquake Relief
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