Everything was scattered like a house of cards in the devastating fire that came a day ago in Turkey. Thousands of lives were destroyed. Hundreds of people are still buried under the debris. But there are some lucky ones, who got life again. One such lucky person is former Ghanaian international football player Christian Atsu. The Ghanaian winger was in Turkey when an earthquake measuring more than 7 on the Richter scale struck. He was on the 9th floor of a building.

Due to the tremors of the earthquake, the building fell like a house of cards and it was buried under the debris. Relief and rescue teams had taken out some people from the debris. But, no search news of Atsu could be found. However, it has now been reported that Atsu has also been pulled out alive from the debris. Despite being buried under the debris for several hours, he did not give up and finally the rescue team found him and pulled him out alive.

The vice president of the Hatspor club for which Atsu plays, told the media on Tuesday that Atsu had been pulled from the wreckage. He is hurt. However, the club's sporting director is unfortunately still trapped under the rubble. Now let's pray for them to come out alive too. Atsu and his wife Marie have three children. He was associated with Turkey's club Hatspor only last year.

Earlier this player had signed an agreement with English Football Club Chelsea in the year 2013 for Rs 34 crore. But could never play for them. He was last selected to play for Ghana in 2019. But, till now has not officially retired from international football.

A powerful 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck Turkey and neighboring Syria on Monday, killing more than 2,600 people and injuring thousands. Thousands of buildings have been heavily damaged by the earthquake. The number of casualties is increasing continuously. Because rescue workers are still searching for people trapped in the debris in the affected areas.