One Ontario The man says he is worried about his access to food, water and other essentials after his parents survive Earthquake that destroyed parts of turkey and Syria.
Sefi Tomar, who lives in Woodbridge, Ontario, says his Canadian parents are in their 90s and moved back to Turkey during the pandemic.
He says he was forced out of his home when the earthquake struck his village in southeastern Turkey, but is now worried about his ability to find basics like food and ongoing shelter.
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Tomar says he is now helping his parents move out of the worst-hit area
He says that some of his distant cousins and other acquaintances have been killed in the earthquake.
More than 11,000 people were killed and thousands of buildings destroyed in the 7.8-magnitude earthquake that struck on Monday morning.
People search for their belongings at a collapsed building in Kahramanmaras, southern Turkey, Wednesday, February 8, 2023. An Ontario man says his Canadian parents are trapped in a village after a deadly earthquake rocked 11,000 southeast of Turkey and parts of neighboring Syria. ,
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