Taha found himself alone and trapped under tons of rubble, with waves of powerful aftershocks shifting the debris, squeezing his space amid the mangled mess of concrete and twisted steel. He took out his cellphone and began recording a final goodbye, hoping it would be discovered after his death.
When the earthquake hit Adiyaman, in southern Turkey, Taha Erdem was buried under tons of debris. Believing he was about to die, he filmed what he thought was his final