The lifeguards took a living man from the rubble five days after the devastating myanmar earthquake, as calls grew for the military government to allow more help and to stop attacks on rebels.
The earthquake of superficial magnitude 7.7 On Friday, buildings were flattened throughout Myanmar, killing at least 2,886 people and leaving thousands of homeless people.
Several main armed groups fighting the military have suspended hostilities during the recovery of the earthquake, but the head of the military government, General General Min Aung Hlaing, promised to continue « defensive activities » against « terrorists ».
United Nations agencies, rights groups and foreign governments have urged all parts of Myanmar’s civil war to stop fighting and focus on those affected by the earthquake, the eldest to hit the country for decades.
The hopes of finding more survivors fade away, but on Wednesday there was a time of joy, as a man was emerging alive from the ruins of a hotel in the capital, Naypyidaw.
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