of syria, which is rebel controlled. he found no sign of a relief effort, with local people, including children, left scouring through rubble for survivors. this is the town of haram in north west syria. there is a bit of activity here, but nothing like you see in terms of activity on the other side, on the turkish side of the border. the border is literally just across that hill. the people here have lost about 700 buildings. another 4,000 or so are unsafe. so they are living in tents. if i swing around here, you can perhaps see the internally displaced people s camp that has been set up over there. they re also telling us that, in terms of foreign aid, they have received next to nothing. some spanish doctors made it to some of their hospitals, but nothing else. the contrast here with what is going on in turkey is astonishing. over on that side of the border, there is a constant sound of sirens, of heavy machinery, of people working. there is none of that here. down there, t
a survivor out, once they have been located. so, a reminder that 25,000 people so far have been confirmed dead. and, sadly, now, that window to find survivors is closing fast or in some areas it has been decided it has closed completely. and many of the teams are now moving into the retrieval of bodies, sadly. a large crowd has stormed a police station in pakistan, lynching a man being held there on an allegation of committing blasphemy. social media pictures said to be from the scene showed people scaling the gates of the station in nankana sahib, in punjab province. bbc s umer draz nangiana in lahore gave us more details. this person, he was captured by some
roblens. lots to discuss. i wonder if i can begin with you, chief downy. just describe based on your experience with these sorts of things, what s the status of the search right now? and what is the remaining hope for finding survivors? well, good morning again. thanks for having me. obviously as was reported with the demolition of the remaining building, it opened up the area so that now the entire collapsed site can be searched without the hazard of falling debris or secondary collapse. still a hazardous site, but it opens up the whole area to the rescuers. with respect to the, you know, continuing search operations, all the rescuers are maintaining hope. that s what they want to do. most importantly is bring closure to these families. if they can bring a survivor out, great, but the goal is to bring closure to each and every one of these families, and that s why they re working
worse, so that s a big consideration trying to get somebody out. it s not easy. stretchers, divers are trying to make sure the person is comfortable and has enough oxygen. you re using a ton of resources to get these survivors out of the water, so there s a lot of things it can do, but it s not easy to get a survivor out, especially if they are injured. admiral, i would imagine getting one person out, given this is underwater and you re going to have to go from an area with air into the water out through the ship and up, that would be incredibly challenging in and of itself, right? extraordinarily difficult and challenging given the visibility and the currents and the dive conditions that have been previously noted. this is really, really a hard thing to do. so, alan, let me ask you, do you think it s possible there are still survivors? it s not that it s possible, i believe that it is possible, you know, i was a rescue swimmer in the navy and we fight to try and make sure that