The wife of Christian Arts (31, Hatayspor), a former national football team member of Ghana who went missing in the earthquake in Turkiye, complained in an interview with the press that more equipment was needed to rescue her husband.
On the 11th (Korean time), Art’s wife, Clear Rufio, said in an interview with the British ‘BBC’, “I believe that the father of the children is still alive. He please (to save him) send more equipment to Türkiye,” she appealed.
According to the United States Geological Survey (USGS), the earthquake occurred at 4:17 am on the 6th in an area about 37 km west of Gaziantep in southern Turkey. The depth of the earthquake is observed to be as much as 24 km. More than 80 aftershocks also occurred in the nearby area.
In northwestern Syria, which shares the border with southeastern Turkiye, the number of victims is also increasing. As of the 11th, at least 21,000 people had lost their lives.
Arts is also a victim of this ‘worst earthquake’. At one point, news came that he had been rescued.
On the 7th, the Ghana Football Association said, “Arts has been rescued. 슬롯사이트 We are being transported to the hospital.” However, within a day, the situation was reversed.
Reuters reported on the 8th, “Arts’ team, Hatayspor’s coach Volcan Demirel, said that the liberation of Arts is still unclear. He is still being searched for,” the report said.
According to the media, director Demirel said, “There is still no information about Art’s whereabouts. We don’t even know where he is.”
At the mixed news, Art’s family was heartbroken.
His wife, Rufio, said in this interview that she was “confused and very shocked” by the reports that were not true, and lamented that “the children heard that their father was still missing.”
He said, “Please send equipment to Turkey to rescue my husband and father of the children. Equipment is urgently needed to get people out of the rubble. You cannot go deep without equipment.”