hello, everyone. thank you so much for joining me. i m fredericka witfield. no now to turkey where the death toll from the earthquake has hit 25,000. time is running out to find other survivors. one senior u.n. official warns they are approaching the end of the search and rescue window. many of those who died are being buried in mass graves like this one in turkey. most of the survivors are left with nothing. cnn s nick payton walsh looks a some of the amazing rescue stories. reporter: increased desperation, cold, a lack of shelter, a government desperately doing all it can that simply can t be enough given the millions affected. amid all of that horror are moments of joy and relief. a 70-year-old woman pulled after 121 hours under the rubble just in the last hours and three brothers also pulled out after 120 hours. we saw ourselves another rescue in the heavily hit key city of millions after 109 hours. here s our report. over 100 hours after the worst quake in nearly 100 y
tuesday. translator: i ve been struggling for five days. everyone has lost hope now and is sending me condolences. officials tell me they d only find a corpse. now two people have come out alive. we need professional rescuers. the fire brigade quit on us. we found those two just now with construction workers. i brought three body bags. maybe i need them and a graveyard. reporter: into dusk, the dig inches carefully forward with no time limit or guarantee it will find anything. the city center swamped in dust and the heavy knowledge that the longer they struggle, the less likely it is to be rewarded. now, there is another problem compounding the misery of those in that city. as the operation turns from getting people alive out from under the rubble, to trying to keep them alive above it. that is, i think, a fraying of the kind of bonn hom, the order