young girl covering her brother's head while stuck under the rubble after the earthquake
Here is a higher quality version of this image. Here appears to be the source. Per there (and Google Translate):
@Snirmaq
She's just 10 and holding his brother like she's so. Mature in this worst condition. Humanity under debris
1:25 AM · Feb 7, 2023
He adds this image and update:
Alhumdolillah they both are rescued that brave girl hold his brother in tough time.
8:50 AM · Feb 7, 2023
Here's a video of the two https://twitter.com/muhammadsmiry/status/1622932360680419330?s=46&t=HdBdax94rBwzTudMOt5BaQ
“Pull me out and I will do whatever you want, I will be your servant!”
No child should feel the need to address their rescuers in such way. That's terrible.
As pointed out in this thread this is just an idiom which was not translated correctly. She is just asking for help and is not offering to be a servant. You could compare it to „I will be grateful“.
Or in the context of little kids - I used to say "I'll be your best friend" to someone I wanted something from.
"Can I have some of your candy? Pleeeeease? I'll be your best friend!"
That kinda thing
A hundred years ago it was not uncommon in English to sign letters with "your faithful servant" which also would translate oddly I'm sure. The intention matters in translations.
In Spanish, we used to write "a sus pies, señora" (I'm at your feet, ma'am).
Damn, ye olde Spaniards were into feet, then?
I would have gone with "I'll be forever indebted to you" as a comparison.
Can you transcribe her exact words in arabic? I'm not fluent enough to understand her and I really want to know what's that phrase
It's like the middle eastern couture where they say "you like my shirt? Let me give it to you, it's my gift" type of thing. It doesn't mean that, but it's the cultural way of expressing something.
"you like my shirt? Let me give it to you, it's my gift"
What does this one mean?
I just watched a great video on this. I think it's called an "appreciation token" but i might be wrong. Basically it goes like this...
"You have a nice shirt"
Responses: American: thanks i bought it at target, or it has really nice fabric
German: thank you it is a nice shirt
Middle eastern: thank you, you like this shirt? Please have it.
Asian: no no no it's just an ok shirt
Laughing 'cause I'm an American and that's accurate. Just add in how much of a discount I got on it, because I'm the type that's more likely to brag about how much I saved than how much I spent.
"Thanks, I got it on clearance!" is a phrase I've said more than once when getting a compliment on something I'm wearing.
What's your ancestry, perhaps Scottish?
I mean, I'm an eighth Scottish, but I'm pretty sure this comes from the Czech half of my ancestry. On that side, my grandparents both grew up very poor (my grandpa and his brothers had to trap squirrels and opossums when they were kids to be able to have meat on the table, for example) and they've always been a big part of my life.
So honestly it's less to do with ancestral culture carried over from Europe and more to do with much more recent family history lol
The asian part is funny, they might also say yours looks nicer
Chill man, it's just the culture over there. She didn't mean it literally.
Yep it's meant 100% literal. That's why when anyone in the U.S. says fuck you they are asking for intercourse then and there.
Excellent analogy lmao
Shit they are? Damn it, now you’re telling me.. :(
loads up on Astroglide and Magnums
Woah I dropped my monster condom for my magnum dong
We say the same type of stuff in western countries.
"I owe you my life."
"I'm forever indebted to you."
Lol you just admitted to never doing anything anyone in your life ever truly appreciated and you don't even know it.
you've never heard someone say that? maybe go outside more
How many time were you/someone you saw buried under an entire house?
How many times have you undertaken rescue work after an earthquake, saving people's lives?
Like...I have never had someone say they owe me their life either but I have also never saved someone's life...
It's just the equivalent of saying "I owe you my life!" It's a phrase. It's thankfully not literal.
She's more or less saying "I'll owe you"
it's just a saying bro it's not literal. If someone said "god this traffic makes me want to kms" would u think they're suicidal?
Ever hear of an idiom?
If I told you "I'd die for a cheeseburger" are you going to come try and save my life?
Oh get off it. People all over the world behave the way they do because of their circumstances. You're not better just because you act like you wouldn't behave the same in their situation.
Well I'll be damned! My chickens sure have come home to roost after your comment. Hey ho, there's plenty more fish in the sea...
No dingle dork, it's just a saying. You young Redditors really need to stop taking everything so seriously.
It's a bit like the Iranian phrase "death to America."
They don't want to kill everyone in America. It's a direct translation of the kind of expression you or I would say when Comcast hikes our internet bill or we step on a Lego on the floor.
So I'll give them a pass considering everything our government did to them.
It's a cultural thing.
Stop mistranslating things to make a point.
Sorry dude, but that was the translation from that tweet.
"My friends, you bow to no one."
Heartbreaking. Kids always hit home the hardest. How does a 10yr old child even know what this means? Maybe it’s cultural? My daughter who is close in age has no idea what being a servant even is. So sad, hope they get rescued.
It's an idiom
I fail to see what's terrible about that, even if she had meant it literally. It's not like the rescuer extorted her, it would be something she's saying on her own initiative apropos of nothing.
Oh my it’s so sad to see..
Well, not as lucky as people who didn't get buildings crashing down on them.
Wow!
Good to see them recovering together. They were the lucky ones.
If you want to send support to people on the ground and don't want to bother with wire transfers, here is a good link: https://events.softgiving.com/donate/HasanAbiForTurkeySyriaEarthquakesFund
Glad they are safe 😭
yeah i'm tearing up right now. Even though they are safe it's just heartbreaking :'(
Another post said it was 17 hours that they were trapped. Must have seemed like an eternity.
Do you have a link? She looks badly pinned, can't believe she's fine, thats pretty insane
Can anyone translate their conversation??? I’m curious what he’s saying to her.
A rough paraphrasing:
She asks how the man is doing, man basically says I'm fine, don't concern yourself with me. Do you want to play a game?
She says No. Just get us out of here, I will do anything for you forever.
Man says No don't say that as video cuts off.
It should be noted that her selfless pleading for help in return for servitude is a figure of speech, roughly translating to "I will owe you a favor." Not anything dark or grim as some comments would have you believe.
I will do anything for you forever.
Language is so fascinating, sometime it gets lost in translation. I saw a video with a subtitle instead of translating “I will do anything for you forever.” . They instead translated “I will be your slave forever”.
I don’t speak Arabic but I knew it gets lost in translation because I’m familiar how middle easterners uses language especially Turkish, the language I speak. My mother would express love towards me and it would sound disgusting if you translate it literally to English such as “I will eat you”.
Huh, I don’t know if it is that common, but there is an English saying when expressing how cute or precious someone/ something is (usually babies or pets) which is “you are so (adjective)! I could just eat/gobble you right up!”
Thank you so much for translating!!! Yes, I too speak different languages and understand that sometimes things don’t translate in the same meaning. Thank you again.
Why does that post say it's two sisters?
There’s still a lot of confusion around ages and genders of these two. The only thing that seems sure right now is that they’re both doing ok.
Man imagine if it happened right as you woke up in the middle of the night and had that thirst that hits sometimes. The kind that only be satiated with ice cold water. And then boom 17 hours no water, mouth full of dust and another fucking earthquake.
Hopefully the shock and adrenaline from freeze, flight or fight reaction and the lizard part of her brain protected them mentally somewhat for a few hours.
Probably took them awhile to even become cognisant of their predicament.
Either way, pretty amazing story.
What lizard part of her brain it’s all human
You should Google 'lizard part of human brain'. You may find it insightful. The limbic cortex specifically.
Dude my throat has been dry and scratchy the last couple days and you just described a nightmare scenario for me. I can't even go 17 minutes without a drink today
Make sure you’re getting electrolytes- even a pretzel or a cracker, the salt will help you be better hydrated
You forgot to tell them to tap into the lizard part of their brain.
Me too : /
I wonder if they're parentless now omg poor babies ☹
I hope the parents survived too.
I heard they did not, but no confirmation.
Me too!
Me too 😢
It looks like another person under her?
Her expression is heart warming and heart breaking considering the situation. In a weird way tho it’s made me think what it must be like for the kids…..and thing is, life in general is fairly terrifying when you’re a kid. As adults we know that this situation ISNT normal and is ABSOLUTELY terrifying. But hopefully the reality of it all isn’t sinking in the same for the kids. I know for many that isn’t the case, pain is pain regardless of the age. But I do feel (and hope) that kids innocence protects them a little during situations like this
I will never understand how the internet jpegs an image so fast.
This was obviously taken with a quality camera yet here with are with blocky pixels somehow.
Most websites autocompress uploaded images without any way of detecting their quality. That includes social media and even news sites. It only takes a few compressions to get jpeg poop all over everything.
To be fair the image is begging to be jpeged. The camera was probably decent but the ISO looks like it’s 100,000 or more. I bet it was dark in there.
A flash was used to take this photo. You can tell by the sharp shadows around their chin shown here - https://i.imgur.com/htzTWiU.jpg also the famous red-eye affect that flashes give starting to show in the left person's eye.
With a flash, you could take this photo at 50 iso.
Also, even if this didn't use flash, it would have to have some pretty mad noise for it to show even on the original that is posted above by /u/Spartan2470.
I'm happy for them. I also hope they get some counseling because this shit efs you up for life man.
Trapped in a confined space plus they don't know if they'll be rescued... double traumatic experience, terrifying!
They are talking about Crush Syndrome, often happens for people saved from the debris. I hope she will get well soon.
Thanks this looks more like a photo. To me the OP looks more like a painting
*Humanity under debris. *
Fuck me dead I did not expect to have three words destroy me in such a way this morning.
Thanks for this, hate to see these horrible pictures without knowing the outcome.
alhumdulilah
Thank you for sharing the update. This video has been haunting me all day. I did not think they were going to be rescued.
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Lmfaoo
They are both insanely lucky.
Pinned but not dead. You're talking a few centimeters between life and death
The terrifying part is your centimeters away from it being escapable; being trapped; being subjected to a slow, excruciating death; or just insta death. And in the case of the former three, having no knowledge on if rescue will come or if rescue will dislodge whatever is holding the above debris up.
As a claustrophobe (sort of), I'd rather be dead than pinned.
Well, not as lucky as people who didn't get buildings crashing down on them.
But out of people who did get buildings crashed down on them, sure, they're pretty lucky.
They're on the luck spectrum.
I think it's insulting to call someone who has just experienced an unimaginable tragedy "lucky".
But hey, maybe that's just me. Maybe people who lose everything and almost die really are the lucky ones.
It’s just luck by comparison. It’s not necessarily the same luck as comparing them to a lottery winner although in some ways you could make the same comparisons. I’ve been thrown out of a moving vehicle out of the windshield and straight into the concrete of the highway where all I remember was 1/10th of a second of the worst pain imaginable and then nothing and then waking up and getting up and looking for my phone like I wasn’t just in a near fatal car wreck and people always said “man you got lucky” n I always wondered what that meant because they didn’t have to deal with the pain once the adrenaline wore off they didn’t have to endure weeks of barely able to move they weren’t dismissed from the hospital bandaged up so badly you looked like frankensteins monster, but it’s just they meant most people under the circumstance don’t get to bitch about the aftermath and I do, cuz under the circumstances looking at the statistics I did kind of win the lottery, I didn’t get a bunch of money but I was one of the few who experienced that and got to live another day.
I understand what you’re saying but losing everything you own sucks but if you still have your life you can rebuild you can get everything again and more. So yes it’s unfortunate they no longer have a home, maybe they’re the only family they have left is each other and yes that is tragic. But they still get a chance to experience life, they get to see things they’ve never thought imaginable but in a good way, maybe they even get the joy of having children and grand children of their own, maybe one of them grows up and cures cancer who knows. The possibilities are endless and that’s why they’re lucky, had they been slightly bigger kids and none of those things are possible for them anymore.
Sorry this was a novel and I hope you don’t think I’m talking shit, in just trying to let you know most people mean no harm when they say that
I know people mean well, they mean well when they say thought and prayers too.
But the road to hell is paved with good intentions, simply trying to do something good isn't good enough. You also have to produce good results, you need to think about the consequences of what you say and do.
I know that when I'm in any kind of distress, inaccurate platitudes is the last thing that I need. And there are good arguments as to why they are actually really bad.
That’s for sure
It's moments like this that teach people things like that.
Correct.
It appears as though they are both little girls....
https://twitter.com/MuhammadSmiry/status/1622971027750805504?s=20&t=-j5m3g-Se1B9CCYv_K4Nuw
"Hurry we need to get these kids out!"
"Wait, lets get a camera guy over and get a few pics first"
Edit: The above is a joke.
Removing people from debris is extremely dangerous. I agree he didn't need to have a camera in their face, but he definitely should not run up and start digging. They have to plan and make sure they can get them out without anything shifting
I'm guessing the rescue was well underway at that point - someone had given her brother that cushion and the girl a blanket to put her head on, and cleaned up their faces. He probably was taking a video for the parents and to keep the kids amused.
This comment is stupid. There is nothing wrong with documenting the surroundings and making sure it's safe to go in. This probably took two seconds to take. And made sure they made it out safe. Just because there is a pic doesn't mean someone did it for 'likes'.
Do you honestly think that this is the way the picture played out? Use your brain dude.
Without the pics, nobody would have known their plight, nor would we have some sort of happy moment In the middle of tragedy.
Pictures like this do have a positive effect though. Raising awareness and moving people. This reddit post no doubt made some people decide to donate.
Oh defiantly. It was just a joke.
That isn’t how shit works. Also, yeah, let’s never have a record of anything. Great plan.
You can calm down, I was just joking.
Its dusty in here...
May God bless all the people
Thank god
Did you just assume their genders?